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After school is extra fun in Kyogle, Grafton, Goonellabah and Tweed
Go4Fun is a free, after-school, healthy lifestyle program for primary school-aged children who are above a healthy weight, kicks off in Term 4 in Kyogle, Grafton, Goonellabah and Tweed.
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$1.4m funding boost for Northern Rivers Wildlife Hospital
The Northern Rivers Wildlife Hospital has received a $1.4 million funding boost announced yesterday by NSW Environment Minister Penny...
Cinema: The mutants are back!
They’re teenagers and they’re mutants! The turtles that rose to fame in the 80s are back (again) in the 2023 edition of reptilian ninjas – this chapter is computer-animated and ready for kick-butt fun.
Partial closure of Wollumbin Street bridge from Sept 25
Tweed Shire Council is urging motorists to plan ahead and seek alternative routes between the CBD and South Murwillumbah for up to four weeks from 25 September when essential works to upgrade the town’s main sewer main are undertaken.
Options explored to save Bruns native habitat
Byron Council could seek federal government intervention in a last-ditch effort to protect a pocket of precious bushland in Brunswick Heads from development.
Basketballers head to the Cavanbah Centre for carnival
Byron Bay Basketball Association held their senior carnival at the Cavanbah Centre last weekend in preparation for hosting Sunshine...
Lismore’s $15 million grant funding for arts and culture
Lismore Council say they have welcomed a $15 million grant funding announcement – the State and Federal Government’s grants...
Stories about "Scarrabelotti’s Lookout":
Battle for the million dollar view
A proposal for a 40-seat cafe adjacent to Scarrabelottis Lookout in Coorabell with commanding views to the north and sweeping to the south has come under fire from nearby locals.
Byron lookout ‘reclaimed’ by community activists
Iconic Scarrabelotti’s Lookout on Coolamon Scenic Drive and Hinterland Way has been ‘reclaimed’ by community activists after Byron Shire Council placed a number of boulders at the site recently.
Byron Echo
Editorial: Be more like Gavin Newsom
The US state of California is suing five major fossil fuel companies over their contribution to the climate crisis.
Local News
Tricky traffic on Terania as rail bridge repairs go ahead
In what is rumoured to be an indefinite closure, motorists have been advised that Terania Street, Lismore, will be closed to all traffic between Tweed and Peate streets from 7pm today as a result of damage to a rail bridge.
Local News
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.
Local News
Tweed Council seeks businesses to join it’s rail trail ‘Connect Program’
Paying for the maintenance and providing an engaging visitor experience for the Tweed section of the Northern Rivers Rail Trail is a key aspect of Tweed Shire Council’s (TSC) Connect Program.
