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Alison PatersonSports, Crime, Emergency Services reporter

Alison Paterson is an award-winning journalist and photographer. Renowned for reporting with compassion and integrity, Alison possesses considerable experience reporting on the ground at natural disasters from floods to bushfires. She also covers the police, emergency services and sports rounds at The Northern Star. Passionate AFL, cycling and surfing, Alison aims to take her annual leave in July so she can ride her bike trainer while watching the Tour de France live.

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Lismore

Security cameras prove their worth

KEEPING your family safe at home was the main reason hundreds of people sought advice from police at Bunnings in Ballina and Lismore on the weekend.

Sport

LISMORE MERMAID: Trinity Lismore Swimming Club Swim Taylor Corry, 23, recently set a new state and national record for at the Australian short-course swimming championships in Sydney.

Paralympian smashes record

LISMORE swimmer and Australian Dolphin Team member Taylor Corry is still of force in the pool.

Lismore

Tributes for ‘treasured’ woman who gave 56 years to CWA

A LISMORE woman has been remembered as an “amazing lady who lived an amazing life”.

Lismore

The streets welcoming your little monsters this Halloween

HALLOWEEN events and participating streets in Lismore for Trick or Treaters.

Sport

HAPPY TRAILS: The Northern Rivers Dirty Wheels Mountain Bike Club named a trail Frankers after Parliamentary Secretary Ben Franklin MLC at Duck Creek Mountain Bike Park at Alstonville. Picture: Alison Paterson

Duck Creek MTB park soon to open

HARD work and dedication by the Northern Rivers Dirty Wheels Mountain Bike Club has seen a new soon to be opened Duck Creek Mountain Bike Park at Alstonville.

Sport

Sport to battle mental illness

LUNCH to fund coaches, sports administrators and athletes into a 12 hour mental health first-aid course.

Sport

AQUA MAN: Lismore Workers Swim Team athlete Aidan Yourell is back on track to his competitive best after extensive surgery and training he competed at the 2018 Australian short course Championships in Melbourne. Picture: Supplied

Aidan makes waves at nationals

NORTHERN Rivers aqua athletes shows a return to form at the 2018 Australian Short Course Championships in Melbourne.

Sport

POSITIVE PARK: The Richmond River Riders celebrated the first anniversary of the Captain Rous Mountain Bike Trails park in Goonellabah on October 28 with a family-friendly ride. Club president Chris Irish welcome everyone to the family-friendly event which saw beginners and more exerienced riders enjoy the trails. Picture: Supplied

Captain Rous trails first birthday

The RICHMOND River Riders celebrated their first year of cycling at Captain Rous Mountain Bike Trails with a family-friendly event on Sunday.

Lismore

Triple gold for Lismore athlete Nathan Parker

PILOT Officer Nathan Parker shone at the Invictus Games 2018 to take three gold and two silver medals.

Sport

AFL AT OAKES: On July 21, 2018 Lance Franklin of the Swans looks to take a mark during the round 18 AFL match between the Sydney Swans and the Gold Coast Suns at Sydney Cricket Ground. Picture: Tony Feder

Swans to play Gold Coast at Oakes

OAKES Oval will be the scene of an exciting AFL match when the Sydney Swans play the Gold Coast Suns in Lismorein a pre-season game.

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