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Tweed Council to write to government for more housing support
With a shortage of affordable housing in most areas of the Far North Coast, it is not surprising that Tweed is also feeling the pinch and Council has declared a housing emergency in the area owing to a lack of availability and affordability.
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Poor Council drains
Kate Anderson, Mullumbimby
In response to and support of Kerry Gray’s and Robin Gracie’s letters Echo 31 March). The McGoughans Lane...
Fresh faces for Council elections
A very distinct, black flat-cap has just been thrown into the ring for the upcoming Byron Council elections, pegged for September 4.
An insult, Poppa
From what I can understand, Poppa Veet Mayo’s letter seems to imply that this latest COVID scare is a...
Mandy Nolan’s Soapbox: Byron’s Back
‘Byron’s dead’. That’s the statement that I often hear. Or ‘I never go there anymore it’s lost’ or ‘Byron died years ago’. It always makes me feel a bit sad and defensive. I have such a love for this place, although I curse it when I get stuck in snaking traffic at 8am on a weekday morning or I can’t find a park near where I am going.
Jungle juice
There are times when water just doesn’t cut it. And luckily, for those times, there is Jungle Juice.
Pay parking for Lennox Head?
Yesterday's Ballina Shire Council meeting saw councillors raise the spectre of paid parking at Lennox Head, and possibly elsewhere in the shire.
Stories about "surf warning":
Hazardous surf warning for north coast
The Bureau of Meteorology has issued a Hazardous Surf Warning, Marine Wind Warning and a Severe Weather Alert which will affect the Byron Coast in northern NSW.
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Simon Richardson steps down as Byron Shire Mayor
In an eventful day for Byron Shire Council, pot-stirrer Fast Buck$ was ejected from the council chambers yesterday and later Cr Simon Richardson announced that he will be stepping down as mayor from the end of next week.
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Pay parking for Lennox Head?
David Lowe - 0
Yesterday's Ballina Shire Council meeting saw councillors raise the spectre of paid parking at Lennox Head, and possibly elsewhere in the shire.
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They will not be forgotten…
In the wake of the pandemic restrictions, ANZAC Day will be commemorated in a COVID safe fashion and some areas will ask residents to...
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East Ballina Lions desperately needs new members
East Ballina Lions Club has given over thirty years of service to numerous community programs and initiatives, but if it doesn't get more members soon, it will have to close.
