DEAR News Of The Area, IT’S déjà vu again as a new Mayor with her cohorts takes over the council and totally disregards 69 percent of the people of Coffs Harbour. Surely there should be some accountability. Surely the council…
DEAR News Of The Area, MANY thanks to Theo Hazelgrove of Community at 3 for his letter in last week’s newspaper reminding us of the importance of supporting local business. I have another thought that some of you may want…
DEAR News Of The Area, THE 176,000 hectare Great Koala National Park that was first committed to by the current Environment Minister, Penny Sharpe, and former Leader of the Opposition, Luke Foley, in 2014/15, is home to at least one…
CLUB Triples Final Sunday 30 November 2024 The final of the Club Triples finally took place on Sunday 1 December. In what proved to be a highly entertaining match, the team of Ray Finch, Ian Trengrove and Corey Daley overcame…
PRESIDENT Pairs along with plenty of Social Bowls, weather permitting, was the focus for November. Robyn Groundwater, Mary Buckley had a win in the President Pairs with Margaret Stocks and Di De La Cruz the Runner-ups(pictured). A President Pairs perpetual…
DEAR News Of The Area, AS a community independent candidate for Cowper, I feel compelled to respond to the concerning article (NOTA November 29) regarding the imminent crisis facing our regional universities due to Ministerial Direction (Policy MD107). This Policy…
DEAR News Of The Area, TIMBER industry reps are once again trotting out the usual spurious figures and questionable claims about the cost and threat of the Great Koala National Park to the timber industry; just as they did in…
DEAR News Of The Area, WELL the silly season has arrived and I don’t mean Christmas. I refer to the insane happenings of last week and the total idiocy behind them. First we have the story of a very happy…
THE end of the year is very busy at the Nambucca Heads Bowling Club – both in and outside the club. Thursday and Saturday nights are proving popular with young and new bowlers, and it’s been terrific to see so…
BONNY Hills Physical Culture Club has wrapped up the year with some outstanding results at the national level. Liesl Marden was named National Champion in the Ladies Masters 40 & Over division of the Bjelke-Peterson School of Physical Culture competition.…