JAMES Marles was the second person to apply for land in the Coffs Harbour LGA after undertaking a journey halfway round the world to reach the area. Born in Smethwick in Staffordshire, England on 8 May 1849, he emigrated…
DEAR News Of The Area, I TRUST our Jetty Steering Committee visits the Jetty Sunday Markets and see the vacant areas north and south of Marina Drive currently used for parking are full with the overflow stretching along Jordan…
BOTH the Progress Association and the Southern Area Reference Group were able to hold full meetings this month and again, we can report on a number of items of interest. We have good and bad news from our political…
DEAR News Of The Area, THE recent Prime News report entitled ‘Shearwater Breeding Crisis’ on May 14 is no surprise. The devastating lack of chicks was caused mainly by rats and not by recent rain, people or the lights…
DEAR News Of The Area, IT’S a shame Council couldn’t have been doing something better with all those millions being spent on the Civic Centre, like reintroducing Kerbside Pickup which would mean only half of that waste needing to…
DEAR News Of The Area, PARKING at the best of times at the library is always a problem. However on Tuesday 11 May at 10am during library opening hours there were twelve parking spaces closed off with witches hats…
DEAR News Of The Area, COFFS Harbour and District’s 49th Eisteddfod is commencing on 28 May. Because we haven’t got a suitable venue to hold it all under one roof, the youth have to go to four different places.…
DEAR News Of The Area, FURTHER to my letter recently (‘Get off the footpath’, Coffs Coast News Of The Area, May 7 Edition, p30) referring to those cyclists who illegally ride on the footpath in Ocean Parade, I’ve just…
DEAR News Of The Area, OUR majority green leaning Bellingen Shire Council, via their relentless pursuit for the campaign to ban all native forest logging, face a huge dilemma. There are three wooden bridges supposedly listed for replacement on…
DEAR community members of the Nambucca Valley, Thank you all so much for the support you have shown our organisation, and myself, in the lead up to and launch of the Nambucca Valley News Of The Area. Thank you…