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Renew Fest will host a weekend-long Vigil For Grief in May 2022, and will return with the festival itself in 2023.
A young Ocean Shores man and his friends were recently held captive at knife-point and driven to Coolamon Scenic Drive by two young men before they escaped unharmed.
Internationally acclaimed Archibald prize-winning artist, and revered icon of the Shire, Craig Ruddy, died suddenly last week, leaving a community in shock and mourning.
A leaked report revealed that the independent report from the Natural Resources Commission’s to the NSW government to stop logging areas hardest hit by the Black Summer bushfires had been ignored.
A new clinical trial exploring the impact of psychedelic medicines on brain activity has come a step closer to fruition, after being partially funded and granted ethics approval.
It’s a rare opportunity to join the Mullumbimby 388 Fire Station Fire and Rescue team with recruitment only taking place every four to five years.
As you’ve no doubt heard, people in NSW are now allowed to test themselves for COVID-19 using a rapid antigen test (RAT), rather than lining up at a testing centre. There’s just one problem: no one has any RATs.
When you find yourself in a hospital, most of us have rushed out the door with our phones in our hands, and without the charger.
NEFA calls on State Government to implement recommended protection for State Forests devastated by the Black Summer Fires.
There is now financial support of up to $750 per week for individuals who have lost work because they have had to isolate – or if you are caring for someone who has to self-isolate or quarantine owing to COVID-19.
Ben Franklin’s glowing endorsement of our new Mayor, Michael Lyon, is something to be concerned about. Lyon was a Green then turned Independent and now a close buddy of the National’s Franklin. Lyon has already demonstrated his alliance with...
It started, in classic Byron style, with a batch of bliss balls. The homemade treats were whipped up for the nurses at Byron Hospital by local, Sarah Armstrong, after she heard how challenging life had been for them during the Omicron outbreak.
A compliance officer working for Byron Shire Council (BSC) has told a Brunswick resident who was attacked by a dog that they are under-resourced. BSC’s previous GM, Ken Gainger, stated in The Echo that BSC had become too top-heavy again...
My dear old aunty just died of COVID-19 in a Sydney nursing home. Locally, my son and daughter-in-law have had it too. She was so wiped out she cried in pain and suffered enormous anxiety. Her mother was bedridden with...
Letters to the editor The Echo loves your letters and is proud to provide a community forum on the issues that matter most to our readers and the people of the NSW north coast. So don’t be a passive reader, send...
There are always two sides to a conflict. I was invited by an Arab-Israeli friend on my recent trip to Israel and the Middle East to meet up with his family members living in Jerusalem. I had a long dinner...
The Black Sorrows prolific and enduring Join Joe Camilleri & The Black Sorrows on their Livin Like Kings National Tour to celebrate the September release of their new album Saint Georges Road. Joe Camilleri & The Black Sorrows are one of...
It is understandably difficult to pull together a coherent picture of Tex Perkins – a man whose career has included everything from the lilting, dark country of the Dark Horses, to the hard-edged and snarling pub rock of the Beasts Of Bourbon, through to the evocative soundscapes of the Cruel Sea and beyond...
I’m out RAT hunting. I’ve been on the road for an hour checking for local infestations. My daughter’s at home on the Rat App and calls in a location, ‘They’re at the Suffolk servo!’ I hope I make it in time....
Everyone’s favourite artisan cheesemaker Deb Allard has been making her cheeses, kefir, yoghurt, butter and milk for 18 years, working on the farm that has been in the family since 1885. The farm was returned to a dairy five...
Whilst you may not initially associate a six-course degustation with matching wines, prepared by the region’s finest chefs, with ‘Health’, a Charity Dinner on 9 February 2022 is just that – healthful. Chef Stephen Mills, has gathered the group. He’s...
Simon Haslam Cattle grazing uses 88 per cent of agricultural land in Byron Shire, and an education program for local cattle farmers is helping to stop long-term recurrent use of glyphosphate for weed control. Locals, Chris Moyle, with 25ha, and...
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