DEAR News Of The Area, YOUR correspondent, Janet Olney, seems concerned that one of the Independents in this electorate dares advertise her candidacy with the support of anonymous donors. Obviously you don’t recall that at about the time of Cyclone…
DEAR News Of The Area, BOB Harris’ letter (NOTA 14 March) highlighting the trap of ‘misinformation’ and ‘disinformation’ is timely given the upcoming Federal election. Of course historically there has always been the good old fashioned strategy of ‘character assassination’,…
DEAR News Of The Area, I AM writing in response to the fact there has been significant misinformation published in your newspaper concerning the benefits of installing solar power, batteries and other ways to reduce family energy bills. People living…
DEAR News Of The Area, I AM writing about the disgusting reception and customer support provided by the large telcos in Williamtown and Medowie areas. There are possibly more areas, however we have only been in the area since last…
ONE of the services that we all take for granted in life is that of posting and receiving mail, but things are changing for that basic enterprise. Apparently, there was a federal regulation passed in 1989 saying that there must…
ANOTHER big slate of releases this week, so “Cinema in a Sentence” returns. Few new films this year are as highly anticipated as The Day The Earth Blew Up: A Loony Tunes Movie and by all accounts this feature-length laugh-fest…
DEAR News of the Area, OUR local paper is to be commended for publishing letters across a broad opinion in the heating up debate of the looming Federal election. I am obviously not alone in having concerns regarding the transparency…
DEAR News Of The Area, IN regards to the vandalised trees on the Bridle Path, one way to prevent the damage that has been done by some locals who wanted a view, would be to erect one or several banners…
WE know how important safe and reliable roads are to our community. Through ongoing conversations with residents and businesses, my fellow Councillors and I know that well-maintained roads need to be the priority for Port Stephens Council. We’ve heard your…
IN these days where AI (artificial intelligence) is getting to the stage where it is becoming difficult to determine truth from fiction, please remember that we are just days away from the next Federal Election being called. With this in…