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Posted inFeature, Local News
North Coast communities encouraged to step up for RFBI’s inaugural Grand Stroll
Bellingen and Raleigh residents are being encouraged to step up for a good cause as RFBI launches its inaugural community walkathon.
Posted inFeature, MidCoast
Free food safety seminar to help MidCoast businesses meet industry standards
MidCoast food businesses are invited to a free seminar in Forster to improve food safety practices and meet industry standards.
Posted inFeature, MidCoast
MidCoast residents invited to have their say on community wellbeing plan
MidCoast residents are being invited to help shape a 10-year plan aimed at improving community wellbeing, accessibility and inclusion across the region.
Posted inBallina, Ballina Shire, Feature
Ballina airport turns 40 and wants your photos
Were you there in 1986? Ballina Byron Gateway Airport turns 40 and wants your photos and stories from the day 2,000 people watched the first flight land.
Posted inFeature, Grants and funding, NSW News, Youth
$4m youth grants now open across NSW
More than $4 million in youth grants is open for councils and community groups to build places where young people can meet, make friends, and learn skills offline. Applications close Friday, 6 November.
Posted inFeature, NSW News, Roads and Infrastructure
School zones are back from Monday
School zones return across NSW on Monday, 12 October. Slow to 40km/h or risk heavy fines and demerits, and watch for flashing lights and school buses.
Posted inBellingen Shire, Feature, Roads and Infrastructure
Roadworks to cause delays along Waterfall Way
Motorists travelling between Raleigh and Armidale are being warned to expect delays as multiple roadworks take place along Waterfall Way later this month.
Posted inArts, Ballina, Feature
Four exhibitions explore landscapes, memory and disaster at Ballina gallery
Four exhibitions exploring landscapes, memory, environmental change and natural disasters will be presented at the Northern Rivers Community Gallery in Ballina.
Posted inEmergency management, Feature, MidCoast, Northern Rivers
Five councils fight $18.9 million grants cut as disaster funding rules stay
Canberra is keeping disaster funding largely as is, but five North Coast and MidCoast councils say a proposed NSW grants change could strip $18.9 million a year from flood-hit communities.