DEAR News of the Area, On Wednesday 22 February I attended the ‘Meet the Candidates’ event at Bowraville to gain an early insight into those running for office in the upcoming NSW state election for the Oxley electorate. Listening to…
DEAR News Of The Area, READERS of NOTA have probably seen enough of life to tell whether the country is heading in the right direction and hopefully have given some thought to the question “what sort of country are we…
DEAR News Of The Area, WRITING to support a very good letter from Peter G Farquhar about this in the 17/02/2023 edition of NOTA. His suggestions about how the current mobile traffic jams at this intersection could be reduced are…
DEAR News Of The Area, I WOULD like to congratulate NSW Health and the State Government on the new Coffs Harbour Hospital. I was visiting a friend last week who had been admitted to the surgical ward of the new…
THE doctor and Mr Leonard, the shire engineer, remained at the house with the patient, his sister Violet, and his mother who had travelled from their family home at Orara to help Violet nurse him. After the doctor and shire…
DEAR News Of The Area, LAST month I decided one morning to cycle from the jetty area to Korora – for the first time ever. I moved to the area just four years ago and haven’t been very active on…
THE most frustrating communication tool we have is our TV set. It should be a simple exercise of just switching it on for the news or the entertainment we need. Would you like to watch tennis, football or any other…
DEAR News Of The Area, THE Coffs Harbour Local Government Area (LGA) stretches approximately 67km from Bonville in the south to Red Rock in the north and 45km west to Brooklana and Nana Glen. For this 1,174 square kilometres we…
WE are all likely to attend events at our wonderful City facilities such as the Jetty Memorial Theatre and C.ex Coffs International Stadium. But have you ever wondered what goes on behind the scenes to make these events possible? Let’s…
DEAR News Of The Area, IN July 2022 Council wrote to the Government seeking to be appointed as manager of the surplus land that is currently leased to the Australian Rail Track Corp (ARTC). That land is generally west of…