Letter to the Editor: Prices driving tourism away Opinion Property/Sports/Opinion - popup ad by News Of The Area - Modern Media - October 6, 2024 DEAR News Of The Area, FROM 25 - 28 September Coffs Harbour hosted touch footy at the stadium; that’s four days. It was very well organised, well attended and as usual, the grounds were presented in a professional, well maintained way. The total event was quoted to have fed $5,000,000-plus into the
Letter to the Editor: Perspectives on inflation Opinion Property/Sports/Opinion - popup ad by News Of The Area - Modern Media - October 6, 2024 DEAR News Of The Area, TODAY, I had insightful conversations with a small business owner and a financial expert from Sydney about the current state of the economy. The owner of a long-established restaurant in Coffs Harbour mentioned that he believed Labor wasn’t supportive of small businesses. I asked him if he
Pool price rise puts pressure on pockets Coffs Coast Coffs Coast - popup ad Coffs Coast News by News Of The Area - Modern Media - October 6, 2024 SENIOR swimmers have been shocked by the increase in the price of admission to Coffs Harbour’s War Memorial Olympic Pool. One couple, aged 87 and 85, returned home after a few weeks away to find the price of their daily swim had increased from $4 to $4.60. Advertise with News of The
Accessible Film Studies group shoot their first film Coffs Coast Coffs Coast - popup ad Coffs Coast News by News Of The Area - Modern Media - October 6, 2024 BUS STOP Films’ Accessible Film Studies Program has completed its first short film, a comedy called Go Your Own Way. Bus Stop Films, the award-winning social enterprise film school and production company, in partnership with TAFE NSW, has been working with nine students since it began in February 2024. Advertise with News
Baringa nurses and midwives await news of interim pay rise after joining statewide strike Coffs Coast Coffs Coast - popup ad Coffs Coast News by News Of The Area - Modern Media - October 6, 2024 FED up nurses and midwives at Baringa Private Hospital are “anxiously awaiting” news of an interim pay rise, after their union agreed to negotiate with the NSW Government. The Nurses and Midwives Association has accepted an offer of a three percent increase to call-off rolling strike action, pending further talks and
Nambucca Valley Library rules get an update Nambucca Valley Nambucca Valley - popup ad Nambucca Valley News by News Of The Area - Modern Media - October 6, 2024 NAMBUCCA Valley Council has revised a number of its library management policies. Key changes include the removal of wording regarding overdue fines which were abolished in July 2023, clarification of age restrictions on virtual reality and gaming systems, and a raising of the loan limit from ten items to fifteen. Advertise with
Community votes ‘no’ to residential development at Jetty Foreshores Coffs Coast Coffs Coast - popup ad Coffs Coast News by News Of The Area - Modern Media - October 6, 2024 COUNTING has concluded on the Jetty Foreshores poll which ran alongside the 14 September council election. The question asked was as follows: “The Coffs Harbour Jetty Foreshore will be redeveloped. Do you agree that some of the foreshore land should be used for multi-level private residential development?” A total of
Letter to the Editor: It’s a ‘no’ from the Mills clan Opinion Property/Sports/Opinion - popup ad by News Of The Area - Modern Media - October 6, 2024 DEAR News Of The Area, OUR family has had over a 150-year association with life on and around the Coffs Harbour coastline and the beauty that is the Jetty Foreshores. My grandparents raised sixteen children on the banks of Coffs Creek. They were fishermen, lifesavers, footballers and hard-working community-minded people who loved where
Letter to the Editor: Short memories Opinion Property/Sports/Opinion - popup ad by News Of The Area - Modern Media - October 4, 2024 DEAR News Of The Area, WHILST fully appreciating and sympathising with the role of Norco farmers and workers I wonder about the lack of moral outrage when Norco previously and unceremoniously dropped Northpower as their electricity provider in a period where Northpower employees, many of them local, were going through their
Letter to the Editor: Residents clearly opposed to residential Opinion Property/Sports/Opinion - popup ad by News Of The Area - Modern Media - October 4, 2024 DEAR News Of The Area, AN excellent and most comprehensive overview of the litany of neglected State-owned assets in Coffs Harbour from Ms Anne Leonard (NOTA 20/09). Thankfully the recent poll showing that 70 percent of residents are vehemently opposed to privately-owned residential development at the Jetty should stop the continuation