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Forum to address housing emergency, March 8
A grassroots movement is bringing women, community and art together on International Women’s Day (March 8) in an urgent push to solve the local housing emergency.
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Letting go
Mary McMorrow, Mullumbimby
I respect the parents forgiving the drunk driver who killed their four children (one a cousin) as...
Mt Warning ban
Chris Gee, Byron Bay
Indigenous readers be advised that the following letter contains references to persons deceased.
I read with some...
Entertainment in the Byron Shire and beyond for the week beginning 3 March, 2021
Entertainment in the Byron Shire and beyond for the week beginning 3 March, 2021
Police looking for missing Pottsville woman
Police say they are seeking public assistance to locate a woman missing from Pottsville for almost a week.
Bangalow blackspot puts school children at risk
Will action ever be taken to protect school kids getting on and off the bus on Lismore Road, Bangalow as trucks fly by at 80km/h?
Praying for Vanuatu in Ballina
The World Day of Prayer is a gigantic ecumenical event staged on the first Friday of March.
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Ballina Rotary gives back to community
The Rotary Club of Ballina-on-Richmond did something special on Australia Day.
Healing hearts fundraiser at The Cove
There are a few tickets left for a special fundraising luncheon this Sunday, 6 December, to help victims of domestic violence in Ballina.
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Bangalow blackspot puts school children at risk
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Will action ever be taken to protect school kids getting on and off the bus on Lismore Road, Bangalow as trucks fly by at 80km/h?
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Lifting the lid on plans to build a retirement village in Ewingsdale
Paul Bibby - 0
The letter sent to the residents of Ewingsdale last year by holiday park owner Ingenia seemed fairly innocuous at first glance...
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Byron’s new road: the good and not so
After more than 30 years of talk, debate, disagreements, tears and political gridlock, Byron Bay has a new road to divert traffic from the CBD to the southern end of town.
Byron Echo
Interview with Janet Swain
Janet Swain is 14. She’s in love with the tragic and brilliant cellist Jacquleine DuPré. But one day her mother arrives home with a bassoon.