Many children in Queensland and northern New South Wales have had their lives disrupted by ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred.
Woodford Folk Festival founders/directors Bill and Ingrid Hauritz are in need of assistance, says Bluesfest director Peter Noble.
In 2022, when Burringbar resident Charlie Jenal’s company Wild Organic Ways (WOW) had just started, he ended up giving away all his anti-mould cleaner to locals who had lost almost everything.
A request to increase the capacity of the new Bruns gym by its owners was refused at last week’s Council meeting.
While significant beach erosion along Byron Shire’s coastline from Ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred is slowly making a recovery, The Echo asked Council staff if they expect the state/federal government to provide funds to help with any remediation.
Council has scrapped plans to introduce a Heritage Conservation Area (HCA) in Federal, after nearly all the affected landowners indicated that they opposed it.
Back in the 2000s we had six months of drought. So Raym and Sol were asked to lead a ‘rain dance’ at Mullumbimby Showground. The tribe was called with drumming and dancing and rituals. Within 48 hours it started...
It has been a while since I was last involved in an event at the Mullumbimby Civic Hall, but helping at Flickerfest recently I was amazed at one improvement in the hall. Whoever is responsible for creating the access from...
Acknowledging the deep pain suffered by the community, due to structural and ‘cyclonic' forces I am amazed by the enormous love, compassion, and caring that exists in the Byron Shire community. As a peace activist for over 55 years I...
Israel has blocked all aid entering Gaza and cut off electricity so that desalination plants cannot operate. According to UNRWA more than four thousand children and pregnant and lactating women have been diagnosed with acute malnutrition in the Gaza...
It’s a sad reflection on Byron Council that long-overdue community consultation has resulted in a late upswell of emotion regarding their proposed housing development at 57 Station Street, Mullumbimby. I say 'late' because the ultimate success or failure of the...
No matter where you are in the ‘old’ range, the Shire’s ageing residents are welcome to the Elder’s Hub, a new meeting place in Mullumbimby.
Colin Davison and his wife Dianne have nurtured generations of young people throughout the region through their work at the Mullumbimby Community Preschool. It is with great love that Dianne with their son Christiaan have said goodbye to Colin.
No one knows what is going on, or where we are going, or what will be there when we arrive.
The American influencer who thought it was fun to take a baby wombat from his mother has been advised by the prime minister to try taking a crocodile instead. ‘Take another animal that can actually fight back,’ he suggested....
At the Byron Shire Council meeting on Thursday, a resounding victory to the Suffolk Park community was ratified by Mayor Sarah Ndiaye. Following months of massive community backlash, members of Suffolk Park’s community were rewarded with a definitive ‘No Traffic...
Who is happy to see the 30-year Clifford Street safety hazard and black spot continue to fester while tossing back the $2.3m the government gave them to fix it? Who decides that 1,000-odd signatures on a petition is proof...
Mullumbimby Tennis Club say they are thrilled to announce an exciting new initiative for the community: we are offering free specialist tennis coaching.
Local cricketers are preparing for semi-finals this weekend across four grades in the wider Northern Rivers area. In the LJ Hooker premier league the minor premiers, the Cudgen Hornets, will take on Casino at the Reg Dalton Oval. While in...
Recently the Suffolk Park Tennis Club got together for their Hawaiian-themed community day. Organisers told The Echo, ‘There were games for kids, face-painting, some hula hoop competitions and of course some wooden racquet tennis!’
The Brunswick Byron Netball Association hosted 38 teams across six age divisions for a representative league carnival last Sunday, March 16. Teams from Grafton, Woolgoolga, Bellingen, Lower Clarence, Ballina, Lismore, and Casino travelled to compete at Brunswick-Byron’s home ground in...
Bangalow secured the third-grade minor premiership on Saturday, by beating Alstonville by six wickets.
In 1997, Shane Stone was the Chief Minister of the Northern Territory, and he sought to cement his position by a ‘tough on crime’ agenda for young offenders.
There’s not many local law firms that have the sort of deep historical ties and positive influence on Mullumbimby that Hungerford Lehmann have.
The plan to build traffic lights at the notorious Clifford Street intersection in Suffolk Park has been consigned to the dustbin, with a majority of Byron councillors voting to formally abandon the idea last week.
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