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Count the whales this Sunday at Byron lighthouse
It is time to count the whales at Cape Byron lighthouse this Sunday 25 June. Bring along your binoculars and help count the whales and update and display the tallies throughout the day.
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Massive tree planting effort by local school kids
More than 1300 trees have been planted by school children as part of a collaboration between the Brunswick Valley Landcare group and North Byron Parklands.
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What is beautiful engineering?
'Looking Up', by Jasmine Hollins, was the winner of this years engineering photo competition at Southern Cross University themed 'Beautiful Engineering’.
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Ballina council sticks with sports field site for skatepark
The Ballina Shire Council will proceed with its plans to build a skatepark at the Wollongbar sports field site after an attempt to overturn the decision failed at Thursday's meeting.
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Count the whales this Sunday at Byron lighthouse
It is time to count the whales at Cape Byron lighthouse this Sunday 25 June. Bring along your binoculars and help count the whales and update and display the tallies throughout the day.
Yesterday | The Echo | 0 -
Massive tree planting effort by local school kids
More than 1300 trees have been planted by school children as part of a collaboration between the Brunswick Valley Landcare group and North Byron Parklands.
Yesterday | The Echo | 0 -
What is beautiful engineering?
'Looking Up', by Jasmine Hollins, was the winner of this years engineering photo competition at Southern Cross University themed 'Beautiful Engineering’.
Yesterday | The Echo | 0 -
Ballina council sticks with sports field site for skatepark
The Ballina Shire Council will proceed with its plans to build a skatepark at the Wollongbar sports field site after an attempt to overturn the decision failed at Thursday's meeting.
Yesterday | The Echo | 0 -
Burning forests for power ‘morally indefensible’
The state and federal government rule out burning biomass from native forests for electricity after it was revealed the Clean Energy Finance Corporation was lobbying federal MPs to support the proposal. [1]
Yesterday | The Echo | 0 -
Lismore flood appeal funds being distributed
The Lismore Flood Appeal Steering Committee has thanked individuals and organisations that donated to the Lismore Flood Appeal as funds now begin to flow to local residents and businesses.
Yesterday | The Echo | 0 -
Officers face hearing over child left in police van
The mother of an eight-year-old boy Aboriginal boy who was locked in the back of a police paddy wagon at Coraki for more than an hour last April claims it was the first time he had been 'picked up' by police.
Yesterday | Rodney Stevens | 0 -
Childhood sexual assault: healing at Heartfelt house
Moving forward from childhood sexual abuse and creating a positive life is a challenge – supporting people to achieve this is the purpose of Heartfelt House in Wollongbar near Lismore.
Yesterday | Aslan Shand | 0 -
Government buries inquiry into mental health
The mistreatment and death of Miriam Mertens at Lismore Base Hospital’s mental health unit lead to calls for a public inquiry into the resourcing and capacity of mental health units. However, Labor says government is burying inquiry.
2 days ago | The Echo | 0 -
Nimbin man remains behind bars over alleged hammer attack
A Nimbin man remains behind bars while police compile evidence against him over allegedly attacking his partner with a hammer in April.
2 days ago | Rodney Stevens | 0 -
Suspicious fire destroys change rooms at Murwillumbah
First the flood, now a fire. Three Murwillumbah sporting clubs have lost their equipment in a suspicious fire that destroyed change rooms and storage facilities at John Rabjones Oval/Les Cave Oval on Tuesday night.
2 days ago | The Echo | 0 -
Bid to create state’s second rail trail on the Northern Rivers
Albury may be the first place in NSW to get a rail trail, but North Coast shadow minister Walt Secord is hoping that the Northern Rivers Rail Trail will be the second.
2 days ago | The Echo | 12 -
Lismore mayor responds to nurses’ parking complaints
Lismore mayor Isaac Smith has learnt a valuable lesson this week. Don't frack with the nurses. Following reports that nurses at the Lismore Base Hospital were set to unleash 'a media campaign', Cr Smith yesterday lobbed an olive branch in the form of free parking in some streets around the hospital until the issue is formally resolved.
2 days ago | Darren Coyne | 1 -
Bikies brawl outside Tweed Heads hotel
Police are investigating a fight between two groups of outlaw motorcycle gang members outside a licensed premises in Tweed Heads last night.
2 days ago | The Echo | 0 -
Police to face hearing over eight-year-old boy locked in paddywagon
Two police officers who have pleaded not guilty to allegedly leaving an eight-year-old Aboriginal boy locked in the back of a police paddy wagon at Coraki for up to three hours last April will face a hearing today.
2 days ago | Rodney Stevens | 0 -
Byron’s roads are ‘a mess’, council admits
‘After weeks of heavy rainfall and flooding, many roads within Byron Shire are heavily pot-holed and falling apart.’ That unlikely confession is an official admission from Byron Shire Council that it has failed over many years to keep up with its road maintenance obligations.
2 days ago | Chris Dobney | 4 -
Extradition for NSW murder accused husband
Extradition and a murder charge await the estranged husband of a school teacher who went missing north of Grafton in 2015.
3 days ago | The Echo | 0 -
Budget delivers little of government’s big promises
In recent weeks, northern rivers communities have been tantalised with promises by the state government. But when it came to setting out those promises in the ledger of yesterday’s state budget, there was little to see.
3 days ago | Chris Dobney | 3 -
Lismore Friendship Festival postponed until October
The Lismore Friendship Festival, which was to be held this Sunday, has been postponed until 1 October.
3 days ago | The Echo | 0 -
Casino saleyards upgrade must reduce pollution: EPA
The NSW Environment Protection Authority EPA has included a Pollution Reduction Program on the Richmond Valley Council’s Environment Protection Licence to improve wastewater management at the Casino saleyards.
3 days ago | Echonetdaily | 0 -
M’bah stabbing alleged perpetrator remains behind bars
A man charged with stabbing to death a Murwillumbah father who was trying to save his son earlier this month is alleged to have stolen a knife from Coles before a wild brawl erupted.
3 days ago | Rodney Stevens | 0 -
Murder charge withdrawn against Lismore man
A charge of murder has been withdrawn against an East Lismore man over an incident in September 2016 involving his neighbour.
3 days ago | Rodney Stevens | 0 -
Nimbin man who posted video of cannabis plants to stand trial
Fed up with the wheels of justice turning slower than he would like, a Nimbin man who posted a video of his cannabis crop on Facebook in March has requested to stand trial.
3 days ago | Rodney Stevens | 2 -
Recent rains test new flood response for Billinudgel
Recent heavy rains have allowed the Byron council and SES to demonstrate some of the changes that they are making in relation to flood responses in the north of the shire following the flood meeting on June 1.
3 days ago | Aslan Shand | 0 -
WWI memorial park study underway
A report is underway to determine the heritage significance of the Brunswick Heads WWI Memorial Park, according to Byron Shire Council staff, following use of the area for overflow to camping and residents' complaints of their poor health.
3 days ago | The Echo | 1
