DEAR News Of The Area, I KNOW it is an unorthodox form for a newspaper, but as your paper is inviting our opinions and views, the way I best convey my thoughts is in a poem. I have lived in Port Stephens for nineteen years and I’m very concerned about how an

TEAMING up with your offspring is the ultimate experience for active sporting parents. Nelson Bay Cricket Club can boast five father/son/daughter combinations this summer in the Newcastle District Suburban Cricket competitions. It has been a “family affair” for the Makos in the early rounds of the 2023-24 series with the club’s cricket-playing

DEAR News Of The Area, ONCE again Port Stephens Council has led us on a path to nowhere. Yes the new path from the boat ramp in Henderson Park to Marine Drive, Lemon Tree Passage ends in a pile of dirt. Yes, this is what those with disabilities using mobility devices are expected

MALCOLM Campbell was an unmarried miner living with his brother and sister on the outskirts of Woolgoolga. Suffering from what was then called ‘delusions’ that he was dying from cancer, he disappeared, leaving a farewell note in his hut, last seen on Sunday 10 March 1935. An extensive search of

DEAR News Of The Area, AT the time of writing there are more than 75 bushfires ravaging our beautiful country. This will result in the great loss of livestock, wild animals, flora and fauna, property and the sad occurrence of loss of human life - souls who are trying to

DEAR News Of The Area, BACK in the year of 1985 Doctor Gordon Myall (geriatrician), an expert in the ageing population, was very concerned about our health and that's why the CHERP (Coffs Harbour Education Recreation Program) was founded, consisting of yoga, tai chi, water aerobics, group walking etc. The program had

DEAR News Of The Area, THE Opposition leader Peter Dutton and Nationals leader David Littleproud want the government to overturn Australia’s two decade ban on nuclear energy and investigate the use of small modular nuclear reactors to replace the power currently generated by coal fired generators. Is it a coincidence then that

DEAR News Of The Area, MARK Twain was a great humourist who saw the irony of ignorance and contradiction within humanity. It is therefore fitting that Tony Judge would quote Twain in his opinion piece, ‘Muddying the water on water rights’. Judge aims to discredit Gurmesh Singh and Michael Kemp with the

DEAR News Of The Area, HAVING seen the announcement last week that navigation dredging works at Tuncurry are scheduled to commence in the coming weeks, while we wait for urgent action on the Myall River and Lakes, I thought you all would like to know that we (you and I) don’t

DEAR News Of The Area, I AM a Tea Gardens resident and a member of the Port Stephens Great Lakes Marine Park Advisory Committee. I am also the Treasurer of the Myall Quays Community Association and a member of the Australian Institute of Energy’s Newcastle Branch. I operated my