DEAR News Of The Area, IN her letter “More fantasy than facts on forestry”, (NOTA 10/1/25) Judith Kirkwood writes, “Storing carbon in forests is critical to slowing climate change. Science shows that larger, older trees store the most carbon, not…
DEAR News Of The Area, I DON’T know how many of you remember in 1987, when a bushfire burnt right to the edge of town. I was living in York Street then, and I remember the washing I had left…
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BELLINGEN Valley/Dorrigo Magpies and the Orara Valley Axemen are preparing to make their return to senior rugby league. The two clubs will return to the field as part of this year’s Hastings District Rugby League competition. The Axemen and Magpies…
COFFS Harbour native and Paralympic silver medallist Maddie McTernan has spent a few days meeting and competing in the city where her international swimming dreams began. Participating in the 2025 Coffs Harbour Summer Splash Carnival over the weekend of 11…
DESPITE the rain forecast for Saturday’s Don Forrester sponsored Stableford Stableford event 13 players from a good field had a net par round or better. Shane O’Neill returned to the winners circle beating Mick O’Brien on a countback with a…
DEAR News Of The Area, WHEN someone with a vested interest in an activity provides facts about said activity we would do well to question these “facts” (We all know what happened to Little Red Riding Hood when she believed…
DEAR News Of The Area, WORLD-renowned Zurich-based scientist and ecologist Tom Crowther has recently been featured on ABC Television in an outstanding and revealing documentary “The Forest”. It tells the story of over two hundred collaborating scientists, a massive database,…
DEAR News Of The Area, I share an optimistic outlook voiced in the opinion article ‘Undermining hope in society’ published 10 January 2025. I too hold hope and faith in this country and its citizens, I too live in the…
WITH 182 golfers teeing off at Nambucca Heads Island Golf Club, the 31st year of the Elly Stig Memorial Golf Day was declared another great success. Organisers Ray Stig and Raelene Squires announced $15,000 will be sent to the Children’s…