The water quality at beaches in the Ballina and Byron shires is among the best in New South Wales, said the Member for Ballina, Don Page. The 2009-2010 State of the Beaches Report found the majority of beaches, coastal lakes and lagoons and estuarine swimming sites in the Ballina electorate were rated as ‘very good’ [...]
Lennox Community Market’s very own facebook page goes live today. On the Lennox Community Market’s facebook page there are two different groups: one group is designed for stall holders and potential stall holders, and another group for market-goers who will be able to discuss anything in relation to the Lennox Community Markets. Photos will be [...]
Police have located the owner of dozens of Xbox games discovered on a Ballina street. A member of the public found a black case on Tamar Street about 6pm yesterday (Sunday 14 November) and handed it into police. Police then discovered the 64 Xbox games inside the case. Following a public appeal, the games were [...]
A wallaby, stressed and disorientated after being mauled by dogs was found by Angela Sare on Sharpes beach early Monday morning. Angie said that the injured wallaby was sitting in the surf and was being knocked over and swamped by waves. A few times he managed to get up and jump off but headed out [...]
Police are appealing for information after 64 Xbox games were found on a street at Ballina last night. A passer-by found the games in a black case on Tamar Street about 6pm yesterday (Sunday 14 November) and handed the case into police. Police discovered the games inside. They are now appealing for the owner of [...]
A Birds of Tokyo concert will be held in Ballina next week, thanks to the efforts of Southern Cross University student Max Quinn, who finished in the top three in the national Optus Sound Scribe competition. Birds of Tokyo will be performing at the Seagulls Football Club in Ballina on Friday, November 19, at 6pm. [...]
A $1200 Telstra’s Kids Fund grant will make a big difference to the lives of children from Teven Tintenbar Parents and Citizens Association. Teven Tintenbar P & C will buys a new school bell and PA system and is one of 625 local community not-for-profit organisations across Australia sharing in $750,000 of Telstra’s Kids Fund [...]
Students at schools across Page will have an opportunity to better connect with Asian culture and languages with the announcement of Australian Government grants totalling $57,000 for two local projects. Page MP Janelle Saffin has congratulated Southern Cross School K-12/Distance Education Centre in Ballina and South Grafton High School which have received grants under Round [...]
Average Richmond-Tweed house prices have risen by 12.4% in the past 12 months, to $444,000, with Lennox Head leading the growth locally. Like most regional areas in NSW, the Richmond-Tweed region’s rebound out of the global financial crisis has not been as strong as recorded in the capital cities, though they have recently returned to [...]
Police from the Richmond Local Area Command have charged a man over the alleged attempted abduction of a teenage girl at Ballina earlier this week. Shortly after 3pm on Monday 8 November, a 17-year-old local girl was walking home from school. Police will allege that as the girl walked along River Street a man stopped [...]
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