DEAR News Of The Area, CONGRATULATIONS to Bruce Fidge (NOTA letters 10/2) for his informed insider’s account of the decades long struggle to save the harbour foreshores from extensive urban development. It was recognised by government forty years ago that…
DEAR News Of The Area, I WRITE to clarify our position regarding the Jetty redevelopment. Our Jetty is rare open space, a key tourism attraction bringing jobs and money into Coffs Harbour. Its redevelopment has flawed consultation including biased survey…
DEAR News Of The Area, AS a Registered Nurse who works in the community I have seen firsthand the neglect the governments of the last decade have forced onto our most vulnerable community members, namely our aged population. Coffs Harbour’s…
DEAR News Of The Area, I APPRECIATE that there are restrictions to obtaining more road width exiting Orlando Street across to Bray Street and either way onto the Highway caused by the bridge over the storm water channel. The situation…
DEAR News Of The Area, SOON it will be time to vote for a local member. As some people will know, when Andrew Fraser was in office he helped our son (who had had leukaemia) access additional help at school…
DEAR News Of The Area, WE notice Transport for NSW have been holding Information sessions exhibiting final design changes before the Bypass construction commences next month. The community has an opportunity to make submissions and comment on these changes up…
DEAR News Of The Area, FROM 1984 to 1990 I held a senior position in the NSW PWD for the Mid North Coast responsible for various Government Programs including the management of the Coffs Harbour Port Area. I was the…
DEAR News Of The Area, I WRITE on behalf of Coffs Seniors Computer Club which meets on a Monday from 8.30am to 11am at the Council-owned Cavanbah Hall, who are charging the elderly for renting this space each week $162.82…
DEAR News Of The Area, I AM starting to feel how the native people of this country felt following the white invasion. But it’s happening again to our beautiful Bellingen Shire. We the locals are probably still the majority, but…
DEAR News Of The Area, I have always felt that living in Macksville was being part of an extended family. This was brought home to me when my husband, Ernie, died suddenly recently. I would like to thank all those…