BOWLERS from Tea Gardens Palm Lake Resort (PLR) celebrated a narrow victory in their twice-yearly bowls tournament with PLR Fern Bay, held at Tea Gardens on Sunday 3 March. Palm Lake Tea Gardens hosted their counterparts from Fern Bay in…
THE Port Stephens Yacht Club annual teams race day was held over the weekend, with teams competing to take out the coveted Peter Collins Memorial trophy and prizes. Yachts of all shapes and sizes were drawn into teams to compete…
THE Made With Love Markets became the first major event to be held in the freshly renovated Exhibition Hall at Coffs Harbour Showground, with local stallholders filling the venue with their home made and hand made goods on a sunny…
REPLANTING and environmental restoration work on the NSW North Coast has a bright future thanks to work being done at the native seed bank facility at the North Coast Regional Botanic Garden in Coffs Harbour. The Regional Native Seed Bank…
DEAR News Of The Area, I READ the article in the NOTA February 1 regarding the selfish actions of people with regards to illegal dumping in the bush. I also read the costs to take rubbish to the waste facilities.…
DEAR News Of The Area, YOUR frequent correspondent and unabashed timber industry lobbyist Steve Dobbyns’ recent letter in NOTA (1 March 2024) contains numerous wild assertions that must be challenged. It seems Mr Dobbyns, no doubt strongly influenced by the…
DEAR News Of The Area, I WAS saddened that Woolworths has decided to remove Norco milk from their Sydney shelves. Norco struggled to survive after the devastating floods two years ago. To be knocked down again must be heartbreaking. Where…
KATE makes a will, leaving $200,000 and her motor vehicle to her friend Peter. She leaves the rest of her estate to her three grandchildren. Six months prior to her death, Kate writes a note stating: “I wish to leave…
DEAR News Of The Area, THE decision to grant approval for the construction of a four story unit block at number 3 High Street, Nambucca Heads, as reported in your paper of 23 February 2024, was made “with a gun…
IN the public forum of Nambucca Valley Council’s general meeting on 29 February, Bellingen-based environmental activist Wendy Firefly presented a talk and slideshow aimed at convincing the Council to implement strong regulatory controls on industrial-style horticulture in the region. Ms…