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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

Open and shut: What’s open and what’s not during lockdown

While everyone is urged to stay safe and stay home, here’s a guide to what’s open and what’s not if you need those essential services.

Police & Courts

POLICE CHECKS: As part of Operation Boundary Response, officers are conducting mobile vehicle stops and checks to ensure drivers are complying with current Stay at Home Orders in place. Police will also be utilising automatic number plate recognition as well as data from Roads and Maritime NSW to identify vehicles from outside of the area.

Police investigate ‘hundreds and hundreds’ of alleged Covid breaches

Police are ramping up their high-visibility patrols on the North Coast, as officers work to stop the spread of Covid-19 in regional communities.

Police & Courts

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos FEBRUARY 8, 2021: People wearing masks in Melbourne Central shopping centre on Monday afternoon as mask wearing remains mandatory in Victorian shopping centres. Picture: NCA NewsWire / David Geraghty

What should you do if you see someone breaching public health orders?

As the Northern Rivers lockdown gets under way, police have warned they will be out and about to ensure the community is following the rules.

Lismore

Firefighters battle factory fire west of Casino since midnight

Emergency services have been fighting a factory blaze at an agricultural facility for hours after a 200 tonne silo containing corn was alight.

Lismore

Revealed: Three options on the table for new deputy mayor

The August meeting of Lismore City Council looks to be lively with a number of matters up for discussion, including a debate regarding three options on electing a new deputy mayor.

Lismore

SOCIAL MEDIA IMAGE DISCUSS USE WITH YOUR EDITOR - TOP CHEESE: Consumer advocate CHOICE conducted a taste test to reveal the best tasting cheddar cheeses in Australia since Aussies get through around 120,000 tonnes or nearly 14kg each of it annually.

Revealed: Which mature cheddar was voted top cheese by experts

Consumer advocate Choice reveals the best vintage cheeses after data showed Aussies eat almost 14kg each annually.

Property

$42M worth of Lismore property sold in just one month

Eager buyers from cities and rural areas are driving up demand for homes in the Lismore region. Despite that, many would-be sellers are nervous about putting their properties on the market.

Lismore

HUMAN INTEREST: For the Sunday Telegraph. Former NSW Corrective Services Commissioner Ron Woodham is pictured at Long Bay Jail today.

Controversial tough, gruff prison boss dies in Lismore hospital

The NSW Corrective Services industry is in mourning after the death of a man who delivered innovative and meaningful reforms to the prison service.

Police & Courts

Lismore man allegedly swore at shop staff over Covid-19 procedures

Police have arrested and charged a man who allegedly refused to sign in to a Keen Street shop or wear a mask, and then became argumentative and abused workers.

Police & Courts

DO YOU KNOW THIS MAN? As part of Missing Persons Week 2021, Tweed/Byron Police District are renewing a nationwide appeal to help identify a man shown here as an artist's impression, whose decomposed body was found on the state's Far North Coast almost a decade ago.

Body in a bag mystery: New technology could provide clues to tragic death

Police have released a new digital forensic facial reconstruction in an effort to solve the mystery of a man whose body was found in a bag on the banks of a Northern NSW river in 2012.

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