Exhibition marks opening of Heritage Festival

Ballina Shire Council Council will officially launch the local section of the National Trust’s Annual Heritage Festival on Friday April 4 at the Northern Rivers Community Gallery with the opening of the ‘The Hills Look Down to the Sea: A glimpse at the European heritage of the Ballina Shire’ exhibition, at 10.30am. Read more

Tweed/Byron police target speeding motorcyclists

Police attached to Tweed/Byron Local Area Command have joined with their counterparts in south-east Queensland to combat the high incidence of motorcycle-related fatalities in the regions.

Operation High Side is a series of one-day cross-border operations conducted by Tweed/Byron LAC and Gold Coast District Highway Patrol officers which have been conducted since November 2007 to deter motorcyclists from being involved in any further deaths or related-road trauma.

During 2007, six people died as a result of motorcycle accidents in Tweed/Byron LAC, while on the Gold Coast, 21 motorcyclists were killed. Read more

Man charged over murder of Alstonville woman

Police have arrested and charged a man with the murder of a woman, found dead at Alstonville this morning.

About 3.40am today, police from Richmond Local Area Command attended a house in Deegan Drive, where they discovered the body of a 48-year-old woman. Read more

Nationals MPs call for cattle tick crisis meeting

The North Coast Nationals MPs Don Page, Thomas George, Steve Cansdell and Geoff Provest, are calling for a tick crisis meeting following an outbreak of deadly cattle disease in Alstonville and Burringbar this week.

Clarence Nationals MP Steve Cansdell said the meeting should be held in the region’s beef capital Casino as soon as possible.

“We want to include local farmers, the Minister for Primary Industries Ian Macdonald or his representative, Shadow Minister Andrew Fraser and members of the Government’s hand-picked Cattle Tick Advisory Committee,” Mr Cansdell said. Read more

Brett Crawford - 2007/08 Cricketer of the Year

Tintenbar-East Ballina captain Brett Crawford has confirmed his status as one of the greatest all-rounders to play the game locally after winning his fourth Far North Coast L J Hooker League Cricketer of the Year award.

Crawford polled16 votes to win the award from Alstonville batsman Greg Potter (14), Lennox Head’s Mark Denmeade (13), Cudgen’s Michael Anderson (12) and Souths’ Paul McLean (12). Read more

Byron Bay is changing!

There is absolutely no doubt that in recent times Byron Bay has been dramatically changing from an idyllic and somewhat hidden gem on the New South Wales north coast to a world wide destination for visitors and those escaping the hustle and bustle of the city. Read more