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Beware of beach foam

Sea foam caused by high seas mixing fresh and salt water at Lighthouse Beach.

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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Farmers' market blasts price war

Paul Wilson of Nimbin is encouraging people to buy the abundance of fresh produce at local farmers’ markets.

FARMERS at the Lismore Produce Market have hit out at the two major supermarkets over a possible “war” to reduce vegetable prices.
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We're over it

Maclean Towing’s Mick Bennett, Raven Smash Repairs office manager Ed Bennett, tow truck driver Corey Fuller and Raven’s owner Mick Howell are calling for better use of technology to help prevent motorists needing rescue on the Pacific Hwy.

TOW truck driver Mick Howell has rescued dozens of motorists from floodwaters that cross the highway at Musk Valley and Alipou creeks – and he's had enough.

 

Funding available for flood victims

Coffs Coast residents affected by the recent floods can access government programs to help them get back on their feet.

PEOPLE living in local government areas which were declared as natural disaster areas in the wake of recent floods can access a raft of government programs.

 

Farm faces permanent bio-hazard

A Chinderah tea-tree farm is still a biosecurity risk one year on.

THE dreaded spectre of Myrtle Rust will forever hover over the Bolster's 106 hectare tea-tree plantation at Chinderah.

 

Firearm and drugs found in raid

Police take the man into custody after his arrest on Thursday.

A MAN arrested and charged by Coffs Harbour police after raids on a home and body building business in Park Beach on Thursday has been refused bail after his...
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Big seas warning for boaties

IT’S COMING: The swell started to build yesterday and should peak tomorrow.

BOATIES have been warned of dangerous surf conditions for the area between Coffs Harbour and Ulladulla.

 

Protester escapes conviction

One by one the three protesters are arrested and taken to Beaudesert Police station after they refused to clear the entrance to a exploratory mine site in the Kerry Valley, Scenic Rim Area, Qld.

A NORTHERN Rivers resident has escaped conviction for her part in a blockade against coal seam gas in Queensland.

 

Robert Fox dies on road to Grafton

Robert "Bob" Fox.

ROBERT Fox of Coutts Crossing died on his way in to Grafton where he was planning to pick up friends from hospital.

 

Toxic spill at sugar mill

Broadwater Sugar Mill

BROADWATER Sugar Mill was evacuated after some of the highly-toxic metal mercury was spilt.

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Citizen Geoff wins Oz Day award

Citizen Geoff wins Oz Day award

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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