FAMILY research can take us on an interesting journey – usually when we are older and there is more time to wonder about our forebears. Why did they go their different ways? With ANZAC Day approaching, I look back at…
DEAR News Of The Area, It comes down to these questions: Do the people of Coffs Harbour want residential dwellings east of the railway line, causing unmanageable traffic flow, and turning the Foreshore essentially into a massive car park? Do…
DEAR News Of The Area, IT is disappointing to say this, but our council is letting our community down. The Mayor must take responsibility for the recalcitrant stance of our council toward the Jetty Foreshores development, and for council’s poor…
TRYING to make sense of where our economy is at present is getting more confusing by the day. The All Ordinaries index is now above 8000 points, the highest level I have seen in over 50 years. So, are we…
EACH month the Myall U3A Photography Group selects one photo to be published in News Of The Area. This month’s photo topic was ‘Waterfalls’ and the photo was taken by photographer Richard Crombie. Advertise with News of The Area today.…
DEAR News Of The Area, THERE is some local pushback on the development of offshore wind farms, some of which is genuinely based on environmental angst regarding the potential impact of these developments on the “pristine” offshore environment. The environmental…
DEAR News Of The Area, AFTER reading Ann Leonard’s great editorial in the opinion section of the NOTA edition on 5 April in relation to the Coffs Jetty Foreshore I would like to add to that editorial. Ann mentioned the…
DEAR News Of The Area, IN the process of taking my wife to Beachside Radiology last Friday, 5 April, I tripped on the gutter and fell heavily on the footpath in the rain. Michael from Beachside came to the rescue…
DEAR News Of The Area, FOR once I am left speechless, Ann Leonard’s letter says it all! Gurmesh Singh needs to pay less attention to Sydney politicians i.e. Steve Kamper, who fly up to Coffs Harbour for the day, and…
DEAR News Of The Area, I CANNOT believe the stupidity of the NSW State Labor Government thinking that a 450 unit residential development east of the railway line is a good idea. As Alexander Hamilton said: “Are you out of…