Letter to the Editor: Enjoy the bunnies and Easter eggs
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 […]
From the Mayor’s desk: Cr Leah Anderson
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.
Letter to the Editor: Choir leader calls it a day
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 […]
‘On the couch’ with Jasminda
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 […]
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Letter to the Editor: The Vision Splendid
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 […]
Letter to the Editor: Union boss should stick to Newcastle
DEAR News Of The Area, It is curious that in the 6 March NOTA article titled “Port Stephens Council reaffirms stance on offshore wind” that a union representative backed by the Labor Environmental Action Network asserts there was consultation. Justin Page even described it as “absurd” that councillors were unaware of any consultation. Yet I […]
Letter to the Editor: Iran war is illegal under UN Charter.
DEAR News of the Area, All wars are tragic, inevitably causing unnecessary death, destruction, chaos and misery, at great financial and social cost. Article 2(4) of the United Nations Charter prohibits war, calling for member states to: “refrain in their international relations from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political […]
