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Woman to face trial for murder

A WOMAN who stabbed her partner to death outside their Goonellabah home will stand trial for murder.

 

Pilot's ADHD contributed to crash

THE GRANDMOTHER of the pilot who was one of two men who died in an ultralight crash has told a coronial inquest her grandson's ADHD contributed to their death.

 

Performing for cash

Energetic performers (main picture, from left) Liam Christian, Josh Doykle, Benjamin Hancock and Anthony Hamilton with choreographer Lucy Guerin (sitting) at Lismore City Hall rehearsing for UNTRAINED.

CREATIVITY is the key to NORPA Lismore's future funding, and the troupe is choreographing a sustainable future for itself.
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Sporting groups vent frustration

The rear of the Byron Bay Sports and Cultural Complex shows the problems being faced with water removal on the playing fields.

VENTURE a few metres onto any of the playing fields at the new Sports and Cultural Complex in Ewingsdale Rd and the ground will turn squelchy under your feet.
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Caitlin's model ambition

Caitlin Jaeger.

THERE is nothing fanciful about Goonellabah 17-year-old Caitlin Jaeger's desire to win the title of Miss Teen Australia.
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Councillors now back moratorium

Three motions calling for a moratorium on new coal-seam gas drilling were unanimously embraced by Richmond Valley councillors on Tuesday.

RICHMOND Valley councillor Donella Kinnish is at a loss to explain why months ago her fellow councillors voted down a motion calling for a moratorium on CSG.
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Rous against CSG mine in catchment

David Yarnell.

THE Northern Rivers' water authority has taken a stand against the coal-seam gas industry.
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All the glitters won't be gold

Lismore Gem and Lapidary club president Bruce Copper, with calcite and gypsum specimens, is ready for Gemfest.

ARE you looking for an engagement ring or hunting for a bargain?
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Beauty queens celebrate

People lined the streets of Casino to walk the Beef Week Festival Street Parade in 2011.

TWENTY former Casino Beef Week queens will re-live their glory days to mark the 30th year of the popular festival which starts on Saturday.
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Stepping it up

Sheila Aveling (far right) and four of her friends who will walk from Ballina to Byron Bay for the Lismore Westpac Rescue Helicopter.

SHEILA Aveling has led an interesting life and will call on her varied life experiences when she sets off on the 37km coastal walk from Ballina to Byron Bay.
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Court dismisses action on plants

Cassandra Taylor, of Lismore, drinks from one of the water bubblers in Woodlark Street, Lismore.

THE fluoridation of water in the Lismore and Ballina council areas looks set to go ahead after an appeal aimed at overturning approvals was dismissed.
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Free tip day May 20

THIS Sunday May 20 is Free Tip Day in Lismore Council.

 

Green light for airport plan

Gold Coast Airport.

A PLAN laying out the Coolangatta airport's strategic direction for the next 20 years has been approved by Transport Minister Anthony Albanese.
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Ballina joins lower fuel price list

PETROL prices in Ballina are among the cheapest in the state according to a new website called Bowser Buster.
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$574,150 fix for black spots

Holiday traffic has come to a grinding hault in Ballina following at accident.

THE FEDERAL Government will spend $574,150 fixing three black spots on Page electorate roads.
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Offbeat News 

Tea room milk spat ends in court

Tea room milk spat ends in court

AN employee at a real estate agency, who grabbed his boss and tore his vest after being asked to buy milk, has lost an unfair dismissal claim.

 

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Obama campaign calls Romney 'vampire'

Obama campaign calls Romney 'vampire'

THE Obama campaign attacked Mitt Romney as a "vampire" who amassed his vast personal fortune as a venture capitalist by exploiting ordinary workers.

 

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