DEAR News Of The Area, CATH Fowler’s letter on the Jetty Foreshores development says a lot about the attitude that has led to the plans currently before the community of Coffs Harbour. She claims that State Election candidates Sally Townley and Tony Judge are hypocritical for supporting the sale of a

DEAR News Of The Area, The data does not support the need for a public high school in Medowie, I asked for the factual evidence as to why it’s needed but only get the public narrative. “Currently more than 1000 children travel out of Medowie each day to attend high school.”

DEAR News Of The Area, WHEN the Marine Park office block was first built on the waterfront at the Coffs Harbour Jetty the NPWS architect at the time insisted on reducing the height of the two story building to minimise the loss of harbour views for Jetty residents. The current re-building

DEAR News Of The Area, IN 2014 Bellingen Shire Council held some information nights drawing attention to the sad state of council's roads and bridges with three rate options. The many photos of 'ugly' roads and rotten timber bridges displayed were council's reason for applying for rate increases of up to

DEAR News Of The Area, WHEN it comes to the community led Jetty Foreshores Masterplan, some councillors are oblivious to how hypocritical their arguments against it come across. Especially those councillors, turned State Candidates, who so vocally supported Yarrila Place. There’s a false narrative created that PDNSW is planning to sell off

DEAR News Of The Area, CONGRATULATIONS to the excited couple expecting their baby to what looked like a baby 'gender reveal' celebration found out after 'popping' the balloon that they were having a son. How wonderful to have decided upon our beautiful Bellwood Park at Nambucca Heads for this joyous and momentous

DEAR News Of The Area, A STUDY undertaken by Council’s consultants King and Campbell for the Jetty Strip Structure Plan in 2020, emphasized that proposed development of the Jetty Foreshores east of the railway line would result in a significant increase in traffic movement in Orlando St, Harbour Drive and Marina

DEAR News Of The Area, WE’RE not voting for a representative for Coffs so much as voting in a government to run the state. However locally the costly fiasco of the boat ramp precinct which has surpassed its $15 million budget and continues only to provide long term employment for truck drivers

DEAR News Of The Area, WE have recently received a belated response to a GIPA (Freedom of Information) Request that was lodged on 9/1/23, in relation to how much money the government has spent on public consultation and associated town planning for the land east of the railway line at the

DEAR News Of The Area, GOOD to see that with an election imminent the State Government has abandoned its policy of selling off public assets to fund infrastructure development. As this is precisely the funding model and prime driver of Gurmesh Singh’s proposed foreshore development he owes the electorate a clarification