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I’m with you Mandy…
Dominica Coulthurst, Knockrow
I’m with you Mandy... all the way. Thanks so much for your Soapbox message last week. Always love...
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New digs for Bangalow Lions Club
After 30 years of using a makeshift shed at the Bangalow Showground for their bar and barbecue, the Bangalow Lions Club have opened their newly constructed Lions Kiosk.
Ink Gin still a winner
S Haslam
Has it already been six years since I first saw a demonstration of the curious colour-changing properties of...
Green is the colour of my discontent
Tom Tabart, Co-founder, Byron Greens
The Greens team for the Council election has a problem with the inclusion of Sarah Ndiaye,...
Old Byron Hospital DA on exhibition
Plans are finally in for the redevelopment of the old Byron Hospital that will facilitate its transformation into a much-needed community hub.
Sovereign citizens have ‘zero’ legal status in Australia, says former magistrate
Can we really tell authorities we ‘don’t consent’ to rules around mask-wearing, public gatherings or, as was more common before the pandemic, traffic and drug offences, and be excused?
US promises to return Assange to Australia a ‘trick’ says father
Lawyers for the US said Judge Baraitser ought to have sought assurances for Mr Assange’s safety in the US prison system during the extradition trial.
Stories about "Ewingsdale Road traffic":
Concerns raised over site of new mobile Byron Wildlife Hospital
The Launch of the mobile Byron Bay Wildlife Hospital last Thursday to treat injured wildlife was a great success with plenty of local celebrities putting their weight behind the hospital. However, some locals have questioned the current site location of the facility on Ewingsdale Road, Byron Bay.
West Byron court case
Tom Vidal, Byron Bay
I have been listening to the ongoing court proceedings Council v Site R&D (part of the West Byron DA) of the Land...
Northbound lanes now open at Ewingsdale
The diversion via Hinterland Way and Myocum Road has been lifted following a crash near Ewingsdale.
Ewingsdale traffic chaos as car accident causes tunnel closure
Update: Southbound lanes of the M1 Pacific Motorway have reopened in the St Helena Tunnel in Ewingsdale following a crash involving a caravan and a car. Traffic is still heavy around the Ewingsdale interchange.
Bayshore Dve roundabout won’t be finished till Xmas
Work has begun on replacing one of the most notorious intersections in Byron Bay with a roundabout – but Byron Shire Council has admitted it won’t be finished until the summer school holidays at the earliest.
Are Byron’s black spots being addressed?
Jo Faith, Newtown.
Travelling the east coast stretch of highways from the south to the north reveals moments of good news and bad news. Good...
‘Two lanes in’ works
Charles MacFarland, Ewingsdale. My hat's off to the Byron Shire councillors for solving the traffic problem getting into Byron. Especially Rose Wanchap, whose idea it was (or so I've heard) to put in two lanes to the main roundabout.
Conservative Byron councillors put traffic plan ahead of masterplan
Byron’s traffic problems have either been courageously tackled or wilfully exacerbated, depending on who you believe from last Thursday’s Council meeting.
Byron Bay traffic plan meets resistance
Plans to construct a permanent second lane along Shirley/Lawson Street into Byron Bay by Cr Rose Wanchap have come under fire from the consultants formulating a masterplan for the town.
Ewingsdale Road reopens after oil spill
Updated, 3:45pm: Ewingsdale Road is now open to traffic and both lanes are open after an oil spill early this morning closed it for much of the day.
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Ballina Shire Council supports application for new croquet club
The Ballina Croquet Club is hoping to receive up to $300,000 in funding for a new club house at Cawarra Park.
Storylines
Storylines: Growing hope
Hope is a fragile thing in 2021. With the current pandemic and the uncertainty in so many aspects of life, our hope is being shadowed by fear. It is profoundly affecting our humanity.
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Northern Rivers responds to cal for COVID-19 testing
Following the flight of a COVID positive traveller from Sydney to Ballina and the detection of COVID fragments in the Byron Bay Sewage Treatment Plant (STP) both locals and visitors have responded to calls for more testing in the region.
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Open-air art walk by the river at Murwillumbah completed
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The Ages of the Tweed mural that accompanies the open-air riverside art walk has now been completed.
