DEAR Jasminda, During my recent council roadside pickup preparation, I tried to discard some of my son's belongings that he hasn't touched in over five years. He wouldn't allow me to do so, saying it would ruin his childhood memories. I'm sick of storing stuff for no good reason. What should

HERE they come! Big schools of luderick are being reported gathering throughout the port and moving right along the coast. With the mullet season over, it is the turn for bream and luderick to move north. Known as "ground fish" by the commercial fishermen the bream and luderick follow the same

BORN a Yorkshireman in 1865 a young Frederick Phillips made the decision to sail to the land of opportunity – Australia. The fare to Sydney on board the SS Garonne was £15/15/0, 3 rd class return dated April 27 th 1882. Two hours after stepping onto the Sydney wharf Fred

DEAR News Of The Area, RECENTLY Coffs ABC morning radio talked about the Solitary Islands Walk and mentioned walking it with a dog. Also there have been television news stories of dachshunds being walked on a local Coffs beach and It occurred to me that others, like me, would be unaware

DEAR News Of The Area, I WRITE in response to correspondent Margaret England’s ‘A simple Question’, NOTA, June 23, 2023. I cannot understand what constitutes misinformation and confusion that Peter Dutton has supposed to have spread to the Australian people about the Voice. Any proposed change to the Constitution must be analysed thoroughly

DEAR News Of The Area, I ASK myself, would Coffs win Tidy Towns? I don't think so, I have just come home from Queensland and the way they keep their roundabouts, parks, roadside gardens and the like, it is a credit to their local councils and their workers. Outside our Council chambers there

DEAR News Of The Area, I WOULD like to acknowledge Michael Kemp’s initiative to safeguard regional NSW water, but I am perplexed about his sincerity after decades of the National Party's lack of care for us and our water. Maybe my concerns come from when western NSW towns did not have water,

DEAR News Of The Area, I WRITE in response to J Kelly-Williams’ letter (NOTA 30/06) about discussion concerning the Voice. I am sure that J Kelly-Williams is aware there are 30 Aboriginal Land Councils, 2,700 Aboriginal corporations as well as the PM’s Indigenous Advisory Council and the Council of Peaks as well

DEAR News Of The Area, ANN Deans has voiced the opinion of all Coffs Harbour residents and ratepayers. She is absolutely correct on all counts in relation to cultural and civic space - it’s ugly, in a bad position, with no parking and has put the ratepayers in a dire position of

DEAR News Of The Area, I'VE rarely heard a politician discuss the mass extinction of species. Our forest region risks losing the koala and other irreplacables, a tragedy in waìting. Our local politicians remain silent. Discussing extinctions in their circles is taboo. Best to talk in their language, dollars, and that