NELSON Bay Gropers Rugby Club continue to foster their home grown talent in the Hunter Junior Rugby Union competitions. Four of the Gropers’ eleven junior teams feature in this weekend’s semi finals action at the Gibbs Bros Park in Singleton…
DEAR News Of The Area, COULD we perhaps revisit the very contentious issue of fluoride in our drinking water in our next council election? If anyone is in any doubt, please read the excellent book ‘The Case against Fluoride’ by…
DEAR News Of The Area, IN Response to Martin Pundyke‘s letter from NOTA 2/8/24, ‘Falsehood of community ownership’. The assertion made by Mr Pundyke in his letter was that not all government land allows for public access cannot be denied,…
DEAR News Of The Area, LAST week’s article in NOTA about manufactured power poles replacing wooden ones was interesting. Essential Energy, which has researched and proposed the change, is a NSW Government-owned corporation. The benefits include fire resilience, meaning that…
DEAR News Of The Area, I WAS interested to read that in 2023 Finland and France each commissioned a nuclear power station. Building work started in 2005 and 2007 respectively, so it took about eighteen years and cost $A12 billion…
DEAR News Of The Area, AS a candidate for mayor, I’m writing to address the question about multi-storey properties at the Jetty Foreshores that voters will face in the upcoming council elections. It’s essential that our community understands the bias…
DEAR News Of The Area, REFERRING to the recent article published this month regarding the community meeting at Nambucca organised by Reignite Democracy Australia (RDA), it should be noted that anybody who bothers to look up the RDA website can…
THE Macksville Sea Eagles entered the weekend with all four grades still alive in the 2024 Group 2 finals series, with First Grade playing a must-win elimination game away from home against Woolgoolga on Saturday. The Sea Eagles got on…
MATT de Groot has been front and centre at the biggest sporting event in the world. The former Coffs Coast radio presenter and announcer hosted events at the recent 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. De Groot was one of a…
TODD Woodbridge Cup action has been played at the Kendall Tennis Club over two separate dates, bringing together Stage 2 and 3 students from schools across the Camden Haven area. Competing schools vied for the opportunity to progress to the…