A HOUSE is more than a building. It’s where we feel safe, raise our families, and grow old. But I know that for many in our community, the dream of a secure home is feeling further out of reach. Whether it’s the weekly grocery shop or filling up the car, these everyday expenses add up […]
DEAR News Of The Area, ON behalf of all the members of SeaSide Singers Community Choir, past and present, I would like to respond to Diana Souter’s letter to the Editor (published 19/03/26) announcing her retirement from the group. Diana in her inimitable style, has beaten me to the punch by her public announcement! However, […]
DEAR Jasminda, I PUT a collectible item on Facebook Marketplace. A man offered to buy it. He also paid a deposit, so I marked it as sold. He said he couldn’t attend the first pick up date, then said he was sick, and now he wants to meet me at a halfway point with cash. […]
DEAR News Of The Area, HAPPY Easter! Do you feel loved? We all want to feel loved! But even when human relationships let us down, God never stops loving us. And he demonstrated this by sending Jesus to be with us – to save us and give us life to the full! Easter eggs and […]
RAYMOND Terrace has a proud history as a busy river port, and that heritage is still part of our town’s identity today. The town has grown, and it’s time we worked together on a new plan that reflects our community’s priorities. The Raymond Terrace–Heatherbrae Strategy has been guiding our direction since 2015 to make this […]
Diana Souter, pictured with her husband Ron, is retiring from the SeaSide Singers Community Choir.
DEAR News Of The Area, YES, I am retiring! So it is with some trepidation and regret that I sit down to write this letter. For those who do not know, the SeaSide Singers Community Choir began after I placed a tiny advert in The Examiner newspaper in February 2009. So we started with 50 […]
DEAR Jasminda, MY daughter’s class is holding a fundraiser to raise funds to paint the play equipment. I’ve let the relatives know and now they are getting competitive with their offers. Kylie G. Dear Kylie, Fundraisers used to be done in a clandestine way, much like nanna slipping little Jimmy a cool fifty bucks in […]
DEAR News Of The Area, It seems the newspaper is flogging the dead horse to resurrect another shot at addressing the unacceptable risk of two infamous intersections, Bucketts Way and Medowie Road, as well as roasting Labor politicians. “Funding promises for highway intersections” (NOTA 17 April 2025) informs me of one certainty, the paper knows […]
