ON Tuesday 28 November the Lions Club of Nambucca Heads announced the winner of their 2023 Lions Youth of the Year Program. The Lions Youth of the Year Program was established over 50 years ago with the objective of developing…
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…
THOSE bikers with big motorbikes and even bigger hearts, the Mid North Coast Harley Owners Group, are at it again, busily organising the Coffs Harbour 30th Annual Salvation Army Toy Run to be held on Sunday 10 December. The event…
THE Macksville Memoir Writers recently published their second anthology of stories, ‘For the Record: Memories of Lives Well-Lived’, presenting a copy to the Macksville and Nambucca libraries. “The 70 stories in this volume chronicle a broad spectrum of the writers’…
CHRISTMAS wouldn’t be Christmas without the Macksville Christmas Carols by Candlelight, and they’re back this year on Sunday 17 December starting at 7pm, with gates open at 6pm. This tradition, dating back 36 years, is the local Salvation Army’s way…
DEAR News Of The Area, BOWRAVILLE sawmill owner Matt Dyer’s recent reported comments (NOTA 24/11/23), as written by your correspondent Ned Cowie, regarding National Parks, fires and the Black Summer holocaust, demand a response. Mr. Dyer is quoted as recommending…
DEAR News Of The Area, RECENTLY I’ve driven Stadium Drive, Coffs Harbour and stopped at the roundabout at the intersection of Pacific Highway and Stadium Drive. The weeds were at least one metre high there and it has become extremely…
DEAR News Of The Area, WHEN I wrote about finding the middle ground to logging issues in April the cracks were showing. Now there are full blown holes gaping in our community. I don’t want to lose our forests in…
THE People’s Choice winner of the STILL: National Still Life Award 2023 is Adelaide-based artist Clare Belfrage, receiving a $3,000 prize for her piece, ‘Soaking Warmth’. With Clare’s win announced by the City of Coffs Harbour on Tuesday 28 November,…