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Essential businesses recognised
A sticker initiative, to say ‘Thank you’ and support local retailers’ doing it tough is adorning Mullum shops, owing in part to efforts by resident Angela Bambach.
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Local collaboration formed to feed people rather than landfill
Feeding people at the same time as reducing food waste is the aim of a new regional food donation campaign initiated by NE Waste.
Exactly how was the ship stuck?
Peter Olson, Goonengerry
It is well known that The Echo does not publish fake news, so since the Australian media...
Armed robberies in Northern Rivers
Police have been investigating two armed robberies this week, one in Byron Bay and one in Lismore.
A win for the roughy
The battle for the 'roughy had been a tough road for conservationists and hopefully this win will be the last fight.
Entertainment in the Byron Shire and beyond for the week beginning 7 April, 2021
Entertainment in the Byron Shire and beyond for the week beginning 7 April, 2021
$50,000 in grants for sixteen Tweed sports clubs
Tweed sporting organisations have received a welcome boost with the announcement of the Local Sport Grants Program by the NSW Government.
Stories about "Pacific Motorway":
Action on Cumbalum Interchange at Ballina?
Following multiple community requests, Cr Phillip Meehan brought a motion to the last Ballina Council meeting calling for additional ramps to be built at the Cumbalum-Pacific Motorway interchange.
Local News
Francis Cloake in running for National Portrait Prize
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Byron Bay's Francis Cloake is one of two Northern Rivers photographers named as a finalist in the prestigious Living Memory: National Photographic Portrait Prize.
Letters
Policy not ‘housekeeping’
Heather Martin, Mullumbimby
According to a report in The Echo (24 March), the planning staff’s proposed amendments to LEP 2014 include a blanket prohibition on...
Letters
Exactly how was the ship stuck?
Peter Olson, Goonengerry
It is well known that The Echo does not publish fake news, so since the Australian media has clearly stated that the...
National News
A win for the roughy
The battle for the 'roughy had been a tough road for conservationists and hopefully this win will be the last fight.