DEAR News Of The Area, THE NSW Land and Environment Court found on Monday that the harvest planner who signed off the harvest plans which decided what trees could be felled in Braemar and Myrtle State Forests was not accountable for meeting the legal requirement for maintaining ecologically sustainable forest management

DEAR News Of The Area, I WOULD like to ask what has happened to the Coffs Coast. Have you had a good look lately? Roundabouts are an absolute disgrace. Driving into Coffs from the south the roundabout at England’s Road and Stadium Drive is completely full of weeds and rubbish –

SIR Ernest Shackleton and Sir Douglas Mawson are synonymous with Antarctica, as was their ship, Aurora. At 165 ft long, 31 ft wide and 18 ft deep, the 580 tons gross vessel was built for Arctic conditions in Dundee in 1876. Based in Liverpool, it was used as a whaler

DEAR News Of The Area, RECENTLY I’ve driven Stadium Drive, Coffs Harbour and stopped at the roundabout at the intersection of Pacific Highway and Stadium Drive. The weeds were at least one metre high there and it has become extremely hard to see if a vehicle is in the roundabout.

DEAR News Of The Area, AFTER my letter to your paper to try and get the Coffs Hospital hydrotherapy pool reopened and then you kindly did a story on this, the response was amazing. Emails by the dozens and the petition signed by over 100 folk that desperately need this exercise for

DEAR News Of The Area, SO Warren Tindall says he is dismayed by Anne Thompson's 'broad generalities' in relation to multiple-use forestry (NOTA 24/11/23), and takes issue with what he says are 'dodgy opinions and hearsay'. However he then goes on to make ridiculous assertions about forest management and the timber industry,

DEAR News Of The Area, IN the past month, The House of Representatives in Canberra has found time to reflect on the work of Garry Nehl, with an official minute's silence. But Coffs Harbour and the citizens of the electorate of Cowper seem to have no memory at all of the

DEAR News Of The Area, RECENT news highlighting the purported dangers to the Boambee Creek Estuary due to the presence of certain chemicals in its mangrove areas raises alarms that might be unwarranted. While concerns for environmental health are valid, the assertions made regarding the impact of these chemicals on the

DEAR News Of The Area, CHRISTMAS is exciting. End-of-year activities, Christmas decorations, the coming summer holidays, and planned family get-togethers fuel the feeling of anticipation. Most of us know the Christmas story about baby Jesus in the manger, his parents Mary and Joseph, the shepherds and the wise men. But in

DEAR News Of The Area, MIDCOAST Council recently held a community conversation session at Hawks Nest, hosted by the Mayor and attended by Council Directors. Many subjects were discussed by the respective Directors including dredging of the Lower Myall. It was disturbing to hear that senior management believes the eastern entrance