This year's Love Lennox Festival went off with a bang and a bark as the much anticipated Dogly Fun Show took over the main stage area for plenty of K9 fun.

The Lennox Kinvara Action Group is calling for email submissions to Ballina Shire Council to stop the development of thousands of houses in a sensitive, flood-prone area, as the full scale of what's planned becomes better known.

Growing up on a farm in a ‘teeny, tiny, little town’ called Coleambally, Lennox Head lawyer Lauren Donnellon knows the importance of the land and the family values that sustain it – she understood at an early age how legal, financial, and personal decisions are deeply intertwined.

Byron Bay is one of four north coast towns chosen by the NSW government for a Regional Night-Time Economy Program pilot.

From a gym on the main drag in Lennox Head, to a new home at Epiq and a second gym in Byron, Surfit is on a steep learning and growth trajectory – now celebrating their first year, Surfit gym Byron Bay is looking toward the future and many more years ahead.

There were some positive outcomes from Ballina Shire Council's latest meeting, with a new partnership endorsed with the Jali Aboriginal Land Council, majority approval of a motion to oppose the NSW government's environmental planning and assessment reforms, support for a new community preschool next to the fire station in Lennox Head, and new impetus towards phasing out 4WDs on Seven Mile Beach, with a 50 per cent increase in vehicles on the beach in the last three years.

It was a sad day for many people in Lennox Head when the iconic donkeys had to leave their hilly home of many years on the old Condon farm, but they have well and truly landed on their hooves at Coopers Shoot, thanks to Lisa Willey from Free Rein Horsemanship.

Lennox Head kid Kai Kanyaro, at just 10 years old, is set to make history this month when he travels to Spain to compete in the T4 Nations Cup World Karting Championship, at the Kartodromo Internacional in Spain, becoming the youngest-ever driver to represent Australia at the event.

Lennox Head identity, Kerren Kernaghan, recently returned from Sydney, where she received a prestigious award at Sydney Town Hall from the NSW Public Education Foundation.

It was the end of an era in Lennox Head this week, as the iconic donkeys and horses who have lived for many years on the grassy hill overlooking the village were removed, causing an outpouring of emotion on social media.