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Bruns North Arm
Jillian Spring, BillinudgelRegarding your article ‘A positive change to bring back the Bruns’, (Echo, 14 July).
Since 2013/14 submissions to Council,...
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Luxury Byron stay discounted
S Haslam
Luxury Byron resort Crystalbrook Byron has come up with an incredible offer to anyone tragically stuck, like us,...
$10k fine for man who flew to Ballina while COVID infected, as govt takes Pfizer vaccine from regions
A young man who left COVID lockdown in Sydney and flew to Ballina while infected with the virus has been fined nearly $10,000 for numerous health order breaches in NSW and Queensland.
Navigating through laws around business lockdowns
This is the full version from the edited down July 28, 2021 Echo print edition:
A flyer circulating within the...
Why the rush?
Sara Rath, Goonengerry
I was born in Byron Bay and I am deeply concerned for the known and unknown impacts of...
45 Sydney-Ballina travellers exposed to COVID-19
Forty-five travellers from Sydney are being urged to get tested for COVID-19 and continue self-isolation on the Northern Rivers after sharing a flight with a confirmed case.
Local government elections postponed – again
NSW local government elections are postponed again due to the pandemic.
Stories about "Tweed Heads Library":
Tweed Heads Library’s new look an eye opener
Tweed Heads Library was officially reopened this week following a major $2.9 million renovation which has created more space and upgraded technology to meet the future needs of the community.
Tweed Heads library reopens today after major facelift
Tweed Heads Library, which has undergone a major facelift and doubled in size, officially re-opens to the public this morning (Friday).
Tweed Heads library reopening delayed
Bookworms will have to go without the services of the Tweed Heads Library this Christmas, with Tweed Shire Council reporting the much anticipated reopening would be delayed while ‘finishing touches’ are made to the building.
Book bus rolls in during Tweed Heads library upgrade
A temporary site for Tweed Heads Library users will operate from today (Monday) at the Tweed Shire Council administration building as the library in Brett Street undergoes a major expansion.
Tweed Heads library out for now
Terry Sharples, Tweed Heads. Hiding behind Tweed Shire Council walls on $180,000 dollars pay cheque, council’s Director of Community and Natural Resources informs us that our library at Tweed Heads has been shut down for up to nine months because there were no other alternatives.
Tweed Heads Library concerns overblown
Tracey Stinson, director community and natural resources, Tweed Shire Council.
Tweed Heads residents concerned by Terry Sharples’ recent letter (Echonetdaily 28 December 2016) will be...
Byron Echo
History repeats
Peter Olson, Goonengerry
History shows that when the media and the politicians turn against the people, eventually there is a backlash.
It seems hard to imagine The...
Byron Echo
Byron beach erosion
Ann Tiernan, Suffolk Park
I strongly disagree with Council’s position stated in last week’s Echo that ‘The sand (at Clarkes Beach) will come back, but it...
Byron Echo
A day of ‘thank you’
Alison Drover, Broken Head
How about a day of ‘thank you’ to our health workers and ‘sorry’ from our prime minister and ‘please’ from the community?
Instead...
Letters
Nolan’s Soapbox
Duncan Shipley-Smith, Byron Bay
The sinister suggestion by Nolan in last week’s Echo conflating anti-vaccination supporters with extreme right-wing ideology (XRW) demands a response.
This is...
