DEAR News Of The Area, AFTER just retiring recently to Shoal Bay I have been telling my family and friends how beautiful this hidden little treasure is, calling it the North Shore of Nelson Bay. That is until these…
DEAR News Of The Area, WHEN is the pump house off Brodie Drive going to be fixed? The noise and stench that has covered our neighbourhood since mid February is becoming totally unbearable. Please fix the infrastructure and forget…
DEAR News Of The Area, AS a volunteer RFS member for over 30 years the recent fire at Anchors Wharf at Urunga made me think about winter and possible increase of house and structured fires during winter. It also…
SINCE 1911 the Nambucca Valley has had a local newspaper delivering trusted local stories. By various names the Nambucca Guardian News has documented the evolution of our community, our tragedies and triumphs and has been a source of social…
ONE of the difficulties of being early in selecting land is that the area had not been surveyed and the government was still deciding which land should be reserved, as had been the case with William Carroll. He was…
DURING this year’s National Road Safety Week, we are all being asked to drive as if our loved ones are travelling on the road ahead, and in our Shire when you think about it, that is quite often the…
DEAR News Of The Area, A COMMUNITY newspaper gives voice to all those local stories we love and need to hear. It connects us all; our families, our neighbours, our valleys, our businesses and community organisations. Local newspapers play…
DEAR News Of The Area, I CONGRATULATE the Editor on the 6 May edition of News Of The Area as I count it amongst the very best I have read from this paper over the last 20 years. Interesting…
DEAR News Of The Area, THE following is something I have been passionate about for lots of years, was just a thought to put it out there to the community. I belong to several organisations of the community (ie)…
DEAR News Of The Area, WELL, as usual, Council has used its power to get rid of a perfectly good cafe in Salute at the Jetty and replace them, with the feeble excuse that as their lease expired, a…