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Celebrating the life of Uncle Gordon Johnson 31/8/1950 – 26/1/2023
Pastor Uncle Gordon Johnson died peacefully on January 26. A celebration of his life will take place this Saturday, 11 February at the Mullumbimby Showground.
Other News
Local libraries get ByteWise about science
A National Science and Technology Centre program, ByteWise is a revolving showcase of 24 interactive exhibitions that will be touring the Northern Rivers for the next three months.
Bruns fig tree slated for the chop gets reprieve
A much-loved fig tree next to the Brunswick Heads boat harbour has been saved from destruction – for now – by the quick thinking of a local activist.
Tamara Smith promises CCTV for Ballina CBD
Greens Ballina MP Tamara Smith says that if re-elected next month she is committed to funding CCTV cameras to help police combat a worsening crime situation in Ballina's CBD.
Athlete wins Ballina Sports Achievement Award
Sixteen-year-old Alexander Crimmins from Lennox Head has had a passion for athletics since the young age of eight and...
A play that puzzles and delights
The multi-award-winning play is a puzzle of scenes that are slowly put together by the audience to tell the...
Basketball camp for youth mental health
Recently the ASK Youth team was in action at the Ballina Indoor Sports Centre, delivering the 'Optimise Me' basketball camp to a large group of local kids.
Stories about "Terry Sharples":
Interviews with Richmond candidates 2022: Independent Terry Sharples
Terry Sharples is a retired accountant living in the Tweed Shire and running as an Independent for the federal seat of Richmond.
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Local News
Helicopters, dogs and the police four day cannabis raid
While we get the hemp industry going on the Northern Rivers and the plant is legal in many countries across the world the police have once again headed out with their choppers and dogs to curb the cannabis cultivation that the region is known for.
Local News
$945 or $45,500 – what is the value of a tree In Kingscliff?
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Dr Firth questions arborists' valuation of a paperbark tree to be removed for Kingscliff development and says the council needs to 'establish a reasonable standard of tree valuation'.
Political Comment
Remembering the latest victim of domestic violence, killed by a man on bail
I granted bail to men who then killed. I refused bail to several who did not last 24 hours behind bars – shot, stabbed, hanged or drowned in their own vomit.
Byron Echo
Bruns fig tree slated for the chop gets reprieve
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A much-loved fig tree next to the Brunswick Heads boat harbour has been saved from destruction – for now – by the quick thinking of a local activist.
