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Citizen Geoff wins Oz Day award

Mayor Jenny Dowell with Geoff Walker, his daughter Bronwyn and grandson Oliver.

Geoff Walker knows that everyone has a tale to tell, it's just a matter of finding the key to unlock their story.
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Last chance for Champions Quarry

Residents of Tucki Tucki are gearing up for the final round in the long-running battle over the proposed expansion of Champions Quarry.
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Home birth is where the heart is

Jade Trapp with her baby Django, who she delivered at home with the assistance of a midwife.

A long-awaited report into publicly funded home birthing is now in the hands of the Local Health District.
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Hats off to 561 Alphadale

For chef Peter Fleming from 561 Alphadale, getting a chef's hat in the Sydney Morning Herald Good Food Guide is his ultimate dream.
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Old caravans gone forever

Sold! Kevin Cocciola auctions off caravans at the Lismore Tourist Caravan Park.

Several hundred people braved the wet weather to try and snap up a bargain at the Lismore Tourist Caravan Park last Saturday morning.

 

Boyer rocks Aussie record

Derek Boyer smashes the Australian Record for lifting the 1100kg rock, with Mayor Jenny Dowell officiating.

It's not often you see our Mayor Jenny Dowell with her head on the ground, looking between a man's legs.
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Confusion over library structure

Cr Jeff Johnson.

Ballina councillor Jeff Johnson has lodged a rescission motion against Ballina Council's recent preferred structure for the Richmond-Tweed Regional Library.
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New era of creativity at SeeSpace

Workshop participants Brittney and Simon add their artistic flair to a screen-printing workshop run by RealArtWorks members Zeb Schulz and Sunita Bala at the Unsound Festival in Poland in October 2011.

Lismore's new creative art venture, SeeSpace has kicked off its summer arts program and invites everyone to take part and get inspired.
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Short-term fishing bans

Ocean waters off seven North Coast rivers have been temporarily closed to fishing in order to protect fish and small prawns washed out of the rivers.

 

On the Beat

Broadwater smash: There was fatal crash at the intersection of Broadwater and Evans Head Roads on Wednesday (January 25).

 

Shock! MargiGrass to ignore law

DA or no DA, it appears organisers of this year's MardiGrass are going ahead with the event.
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Roads will take time to fix

Residents of the Northern Rivers will have to dodge potholes for a while yet as local councils continue to assess the damage.
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Children's wellbeing is all in the mind

Mindfulness teachers Shakti Burke and Bobbi Allan.

Mindfulness teachers Bobbi Allan and Shakti Burke believe you're never too young to start learning about your brain and exercising your mind.

 

Australia Day awards

Local award winners.

 

Ballina pushes for plastic bag ban

Ballina Greens councillor Jeff Johnson has the support of his fellow councillors for a plastic bag-free future.
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New South Wales News 

Beware of beach foam

Beware of beach foam

IT MAY look light and fluffy but health experts are warning people to steer clear of beach foam following recent heavy rain and flooding.

 

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Offbeat News 

Jailed for sleeping in woman's bed

Jailed for sleeping in woman's bed

A WARWICK man, who was channelling famed fairytale character Goldilocks when he broke into a woman's home and slept in her bed, has been jailed.

 

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World News 

'Scores' dead as troops attack Homs

'Scores' dead as troops attack Homs

SCORES, possibly hundreds, of people are thought to have been killed in Syria when President Assad's forces shelled homes in the opposition stronghold of Homs.

 

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