DEAR News Of The Area, I REFER to last week’s letter from Zieta Hicks regarding the recently created bus zone in Marina Drive at the Jetty Foreshores. This new bus zone takes away five valuable parking spaces from general use.…
DEAR News Of The Area, IN her letter “More fantasy than facts on forestry”, (NOTA 10/1/25) Judith Kirkwood writes, “Storing carbon in forests is critical to slowing climate change. Science shows that larger, older trees store the most carbon, not…
DEAR News Of The Area, I DON’T know how many of you remember in 1987, when a bushfire burnt right to the edge of town. I was living in York Street then, and I remember the washing I had left…
CONTEMPLATION of the last twelve months brings to mind the ongoing issues of cost-of-living pressures and debate on the use of land at the jetty foreshores, alongside other concerns which regularly appeared in the news. The ‘Times Gone By’ column…
FESTIVE spirit burned brightly in Repton and Mylestom on Christmas Eve, as the local Rural Fire Service’s annual Santa Run delighted locals of all ages. For 40 years, Santa has traded his sleigh for a firetruck, delivering gifts and Christmas…
PARK Beach Bowling Club continues to support Coffs Harbour Health Campus through club grants, recently donating $8000 to purchase life-changing equipment. The funds were used to buy a new plinth for the unit’s gym and eagerly awaited Patient Communication Boards…
THE team at Bellingen based landscape design and construction company Now & Zen has brought home four medals from The Landscape Association (TLA) Awards in Sydney. They are for specific projects and include gold for ongoing maintenance of a long-term…
“FLUID Boundaries” is an art exhibition opening at the Nexus Community Art Gallery at the Old Butter Factory in Bellingen. Showing the work of Phil Greed and Ray Rixon, the exhibition will be opened by the local artists between 12pm–…
THE “we said, they said” arguments over the Great Koala National Park continue unabated. Member for Oxley Michael Kemp, Member for Coffs Harbour Gurmesh Singh, and Member for Clarence Richie Williamson – all Nationals MPs – formally declared their opposition…
THE “Art of Parts” is the final exhibition from Bellingen artist Jim Hood. It will be showing in the Studio of the Nexus Gallery in Bellingen from 19 January to 14 February. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s…