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Bangalow General Store
The concept of the Australian general store is an old one, dating back to the time when our population was smaller, and transportation much more difficult. The whole town and surrounding area would purchase their food staples, dry goods and sometimes basic home and hardware from the general store.
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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.
They’re he-ere: SLSC surf patrols are on!
Surf Life Saving NSW says that more than 20,000 active volunteer lifesavers began patrols on beaches across the state on Saturday.
Ballina MP accuses Labor state budget of failing social housing needs
‘Basically, I get less than $2 million for my electorate for social housing,’ Greens Member for Ballina Tamara Smith said in response to this week’s state budget announcement.
Nuance needed
The plight of Matt Bruce, now getting press in the Guardian, is an issue that demands greater nuance from...
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.
Disaster management needs different approach, says NRCF
Disaster funding must favour social capital and community building, rather than just ‘mopping up’, the head of the philanthropic organisation, Northern Rivers Community Foundation, says.
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Residents push back against holiday letting interests
Hundreds of Byron residents have signed a new petition supporting a 90-day cap on un-hosted short-term holiday letting as way of addressing the critical lack of housing in Byron Shire.
Byron Echo
Legend Pizza
If you go back in time 32 years, Byron was very different, but Legend Pizza was already a massive favourite of locals. You’d have to be a bit of a legend to have a successful business that’s been right in the middle of Jonson St for 30 of those years; that’s been locally owned and operated the whole time.
Byron Echo
Voice referendum
I’m really annoyed about all the things that are written and said about the referendum on October 14 which do not address the proposed...
Byron Echo
School holidays: farmers’ market fun
It’s an image still with me, the little boy dancing in front of the stage, face split into a smile of pure joy, orange balloon floating from his fingers, his father bopping alongside.
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Disaster management needs different approach, says NRCF
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Disaster funding must favour social capital and community building, rather than just ‘mopping up’, the head of the philanthropic organisation, Northern Rivers Community Foundation, says.
