13.2 C
Byron Shire
April 23, 2021
FeaturedByron EchoThe Good Life

Dope cookies in Mullum

By The Echo
0

Latest News

Local NewsThe Echo - 0

Tweed Council to write to government for more housing support

With a shortage of affordable housing in most areas of the Far North Coast, it is not surprising that Tweed is also feeling the pinch and Council has declared a housing emergency in the area owing to a lack of availability and affordability.
Read more

Other News

Local NewsPaul Bibby - 1

Local youth among those hardest hit by housing affordability crisis

A 20 per cent spike in rents is driving an increase in youth homelessness across the North Coast, the organisers of a national campaign to end homelessness say.
Read more
Byron EchoMandy Nolan - 11

Mandy Nolan’s Soapbox: Byron’s Back

‘Byron’s dead’. That’s the statement that I often hear. Or ‘I never go there anymore it’s lost’ or ‘Byron died years ago’. It always makes me feel a bit sad and defensive. I have such a love for this place, although I curse it when I get stuck in snaking traffic at 8am on a weekday morning or I can’t find a park near where I am going.
Read more
Local NewsThe Echo - 0

East Ballina Lions desperately needs new members

East Ballina Lions Club has given over thirty years of service to numerous community programs and initiatives, but if it doesn't get more members soon, it will have to close.
Read more
Local NewsThe Echo - 0

Tweed Council to write to government for more housing support

With a shortage of affordable housing in most areas of the Far North Coast, it is not surprising that Tweed is also feeling the pinch and Council has declared a housing emergency in the area owing to a lack of availability and affordability.
Read more
Local NewsThe Echo - 0

The Channon resilient after disaster

Northern Rivers communities are nothing if not resilient and The Channon community is preparing to take a proactive stance when it comes to disasters in the area.
Read more
Local NewsThe Echo - 0

Increase in remote access scams

Local financial institutions say there has been an increase in remote access scams experienced by customers recently.
Read more

When we tire of cooking up inaccurate, sensationalist headlines, some of us at The Echo like to nibble on Puremelt Chocolate Lounge vegan paleo cookies from their Stuart Street shop in Mullumbimby. As of today they are legally being produced with hemp oil instead of sunflower oil. Gradually, the heart-shaped cookies with the new ingredient will spread through their other stockists such as Santos, Pighouse Flicks, Green Coast Café in Ballina, the espresso bar in Ocean Shores and Pachamamas in Melbourne. Hemp foods, known for their high nutritional value but containing no THC, are finally legal for human consumption in Australia. Apparently, you don’t get high on them, not that we’d notice. And we’re not changing the headline.

Sarah and the heart-shaped cookies at Puremelt Chocolate
– photo by Cristina Sharratt

Previous articleMullum Festival Cup Exchange
Next articleRock & Roll on a Saturday Night

Support The Echo

Keeping the community together and the community voice loud and clear is what The Echo is about. More than ever we need your help to keep this voice alive and thriving in the community.

Like all businesses we are struggling to keep food on the table of all our local and hard working journalists, artists, sales, delivery and drudges who keep the news coming out to you both in the newspaper and online. If you can spare a few dollars a week – or maybe more – we would appreciate all the support you are able to give to keep the voice of independent, local journalism alive.

LEAVE A REPLY

Please enter your comment!
Please enter your name here

Local News

Simon Richardson steps down as Byron Shire Mayor

The Echo - 9
In an eventful day for Byron Shire Council, pot-stirrer Fast Buck$ was ejected from the council chambers yesterday and later Cr Simon Richardson announced that he will be stepping down as mayor from the end of next week.
Read more
Local News

Pay parking for Lennox Head?

David Lowe - 0
Yesterday's Ballina Shire Council meeting saw councillors raise the spectre of paid parking at Lennox Head, and possibly elsewhere in the shire.
Read more
Local News

They will not be forgotten…

The Echo - 0
In the wake of the pandemic restrictions, ANZAC Day will be commemorated in a COVID safe fashion and some areas will ask residents to...
Read more
Local News

East Ballina Lions desperately needs new members

The Echo - 0
East Ballina Lions Club has given over thirty years of service to numerous community programs and initiatives, but if it doesn't get more members soon, it will have to close.
Read more
The Echo is made possible by the support of all of our advertisers.

FEATURED STORIES

Fast Buck$ ejected from Byron Council meeting

Local News Aslan Shand - 6
During this morning's Byron Shire Council meeting a dispute between the Mayor Simon Richardson and local activist and agitator Fast Buck$ over the pronunciation of Cr Sarah Ndiaye's name led to the meeting being suspended.
Read more

Simon Richardson steps down as Byron Shire Mayor

Local News The Echo - 9
In an eventful day for Byron Shire Council, pot-stirrer Fast Buck$ was ejected from the council chambers yesterday and later Cr Simon Richardson announced that he will be stepping down as mayor from the end of next week.
Read more

They will not be forgotten…

Local News The Echo - 0
In the wake of the pandemic restrictions, ANZAC Day will be commemorated in a COVID safe fashion and some areas will ask residents to...
Read more

Pay parking for Lennox Head?

Local News David Lowe - 0
Yesterday's Ballina Shire Council meeting saw councillors raise the spectre of paid parking at Lennox Head, and possibly elsewhere in the shire.
Read more

POPULAR POSTS

Kingscliff’s amenity or company profit?

Local News The Echo - 7
Kingscliff property developer Gales Holgins is seeking to increase truck movements by bringing in fill from the M1 road works rather than using fill from the development site. But Kingscliff Ratepayers and Progress Association say that the impact on residents and business is too high a cost to pay.
Read more

Local concert series organiser hit with $5,000 fine

Local News Paul Bibby - 9
When local musician Lisa Hunt arrived for a meeting with police last Thursday she was hoping for a somewhat friendlier reception than she had received on the last occasion.
Read more

Byron Shire Mayor, staff mute over Council court loss

Byron Echo Hans Lovejoy - 0
Byron Mayor, Simon Richardson (Greens), is again remaining mute over questions around Council’s court loss, this time over a fencing dispute in Suffolk Park.
Read more

Car mania clogs Mullumbimby

Byron Echo The Echo - 13
It was a fatal error – driving half a kilometre into Mullumbimby to pick up a carton of milk. My partner drove while I conducted reconnaissance for that elusive parking spot. 
Read more

POPULAR CATEGORIES

Give Website Feedback

FOLLOW US