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What do you think of the Wade Park masterplan?

So many of the Lismore LGA assets were damaged in last year’s flood and the process of rebuilding is creating an opportunity to do things differently.

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Tweed Council receive $197,000 for Black Cockatoos and Bush Stonecurlews

Tweed Shire Council accepted a $197,044 grant at their 7 September meeting to assist in the restoration and rehabilitation of the habitats of the endangered Bush Stonecurlew and vulnerable Glossy Black Cockatoo.

Bangalow wins men’s premiership grand final

The Bangalow Bluedogs have won the 2023 premiership league football grand final with a 3–2 win over Byron Bay...

Man dies at Dalwood Falls

A report will be prepared for the Coroner after a body was pulled from the water at the notoriously dangerous Dalwood Falls, about 14km west of Ballina on Sunday.

What do you think of the Wade Park masterplan?

So many of the Lismore LGA assets were damaged in last year’s flood and the process of rebuilding is creating an opportunity to do things differently.

Car crashes through door at Ballina Coles

Yesterday (Tuesday, 20 September) a vehicle crashed into the Ballina Coles supermarket. The elderly driver was accompanied by a male passenger.

Splendour found in the brass 

The sound of music has well and truly returned to our schools, following the eerie silence of the pandemic. 

What a gob-smacking bonanza in The Echo (August 16) when various letter writers warned of dangers inherent in a ‘Yes’ vote. 

Firstly, Mr Olson warned us of unnamed ‘foreign vested interests’ exploiting unnamed ‘loopholes’ in the Voice. Then Mr MacDonald sermonised that all those who care about the environment and community will have ‘egg on their faces for eternity’ so there! 

And finally, Mr Pratt tells us that it’s only a bit of a no-no if slaughter and dispossession are unleashed by Anglo-Saxons rather than Japs and Jerries. Then it’s legitimate conquest, not theft. All in the name I suppose.

John Mester, Clunes

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Wollumbin Street bridge reduced to one lane

As part of the sewerage upgrade in Murwillumbah, Tweed Shire Council is urging motorists to plan ahead and seek alternative routes between the CBD and South Murwillumbah for up to four weeks from today.

They’re he-ere: SLSC surf patrols are on!

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A short history of cruelty

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