DEAR News Of The Area, CHRISTMAS is exciting. End-of-year activities, Christmas decorations, the coming summer holidays, and planned family get-togethers fuel the feeling of anticipation. Most of us know the Christmas story about baby Jesus in the manger, his parents…
DEAR News Of The Area, MIDCOAST Council recently held a community conversation session at Hawks Nest, hosted by the Mayor and attended by Council Directors. Many subjects were discussed by the respective Directors including dredging of the Lower Myall. It…
DEAR News Of The Area, LOVE reading your newspaper each week. I am somewhat amused by Zali Steggall, the Member for Warringah, challenging misinformation about the likely impacts these offshore wind farms would have on sea life. If she is…
DEAR News Of The Area, MIDCOAST Council seem to be convinced the Tea Gardens Pool will operate more efficiently under a small operator or a community group arrangement, even though in their own findings this style of operation is shown…
THE lights are strung across the front of the house, the elf is back on the shelf and a synthetic pine tree has been placed in the living room and covered with tinsel and baubles. It can only mean one…
DEAR News Of The Area, I WRITE in response to Dr Sally Hunter’s letter in the last edition, ‘Cognitive dissonance at play over offshore wind farms’. I was astonished to see so many simple locals diagnosed with “cognitive dissonance”, Dr…
DEAR News Of The Area, THIS Monday morning, I had the displeasure of meeting Scrooge personified. She is an elderly woman (just like me)! She had previously been pointed out to me by my cycling friends for refusing to share…
DEAR News Of The Area, I SHARE the concern of those readers who have written recently about their concerns over the future of the Jetty Foreshores area to the south of Marina Drive. However I believe of more immediate concern…
DEAR News Of The Area, IN response to Adam Fuller’s letter in NOTA on 24 November and his personal accusations I offer the following. Irony is largely a perception Adam and politicians are often blind to it. I stick by…
DEAR News Of The Area, I WOULD like to thank Warren Tindall (‘Forest extinctions’, NOTA 24/11/2023) for his critique of my letter (‘In support of multiple-use forests’, NOTA 17/11/2023). I firmly stand by my sentiments and remarks. I didn’t realise…