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Third person dies after Suffolk Park crash

A 70-year-old woman has died in hospital after a three-vehicle crash at Suffolk Park last weekend, bringing the death toll to three.

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On Thursday I slipped on the wet Mercato travelator, then three beautiful angel women helped me up. Thank you,...

Mullumbimby poster cleanup

The Mullumbimby Chamber of Commerce and Community along with local businesses and volunteers, were out in force last Sunday morning cleaning up the town.

A new season on the plate at The Imperial Hotel

As summer approaches, the Imperial Hotel in Murwillumbah has once again let the seasons shape what’s on the plate.

Mandy Nolan’s Soapbox: Don’t scrape

The arts are an essential industry. We need artists as much as we need accountants. We need dancers as much as we need doctors. We need comedians as much as we need civil engineers. We need filmmakers as much as we need financial planners. We need musicians as much as we need ministers.

Council must stand firm on Wallum

As a Bayside resident and Byron Shire ratepayer, I am concerned by suggestions that Council may be preparing to...

Role of the Greens

Recent articles and letters in The Echo have provided different perspectives about Australian politics today and the Australian Greens. There...

I would like to thank the following people for their kind assistance after I fell off my bicycle in South Golden Beach on Tuesday: Izelda, for phoning the ambulance and remaining with me until it arrived; Lucas, the Byron Council worker, who redirected traffic around the crash site; the off-duty paramedic who had just finished a 12-hour shift, who checked my vitals; the ambulance paramedics who efficiently and carefully transported me to Tweed Hospital; and last but not least, the staff in the ED at Tweed Hospital.

You all have my sincere thanks.

Allyson Lenaghan, South Golden Beach



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NSW commits $3 million for Saddle Road sewer link

The NSW Government will spend $3 million on a sewer link for the Saddle Road housing precinct near Brunswick Heads, a connection it says could service up to 600 residential lots.

Blacks Drain crossing fully reopens after $2.56 million rebuild

The Blacks Drain crossing on Tweed Valley Way at South Murwillumbah has fully reopened after a $2.56 million rebuild designed to reduce the risk of another washout.

From Spinifex Country to Lismore for a $23,000 art prize

In Michelle Anderson’s Kanpala, circles of red, orange and yellow bring a place in Western Australia’s Spinifex Country into view. It’s a place she returns to often in paint: Kanpa, the Country where her grandmother was born.

Work starts on eight-lane athletics track in Lismore

Construction has begun on an eight-lane athletics track at Southern Cross University’s Lismore campus, giving Northern Rivers schools and clubs a competition-standard venue closer to home when it opens in mid-2027.