DEAR News Of The Area, I WROTE a letter to the local paper a long time ago, praising the vibrant, colourful displays at the city’s roundabouts and road verges. But as Julia Atkinson has said in a recent edition of…
CHRISTMAS Day is now but a memory, however that is no reason why the holiday themed cinema can’t continue. Presents opened days prior are likely scattered all over the floor of the kids’ rooms. The guests have said their goodbyes…
FOR many young people, each year on 31 December the challenge is to set out in the early evening and then stay out all night and party until the break of dawn to usher in the New Year. At which…
IN June 2020, amid rapidly developing pandemic conditions, I sat at the coffee table in my Brisbane unit and spoke to Michael ‘Mick’ Wright via Zoom for the first time. It was a tough time for newspapers, with hundreds of…
SHARING food is just one way that we share good times with family and friends over the holiday season. This year, as the cost of living crisis hits home for families, there are special treats that we can make that…
DEAR News Of The Area, I WAS aghast to read council’s mealy-mouthed ‘response’ to the issues raised by Hank Duchateau. There was not one thing said by the council spokesperson that gave any indication that they have the slightest interest…
DECEMBER in Coffs Harbour in 1923 was considered a quiet month. Rain had not fallen for several months before Christmas, school finished on 14 December and there was the annual exodus of local families to Sydney and other destinations to…
AS a recent addition to the News Of The Area team, I must say that my short time with the organisation has been a great experience for me. Having the opportunity to write my fishing articles with freedom to express…
DEAR News Of The Area, WITH regard to the recent discussion regarding the native hardwood timber industry, can I suggest that every living organism on the planet has ‘skin in the game’ when it comes to our native forests. In…
DEAR News Of The Area, CAN someone please take responsibility ASAP for the lack of vision on the enormous roundabout which feeds traffic in all directions, just south of Coffs? I’m talking about the intersection of Stadium Drive, the Pacific…