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Ava Benny-MorrisonThe Sunday Telegraph Crime Reporter

Ava Benny-Morrison is a crime reporter for The Sunday Telegraph. She joined the team in September 2017 after covering crime and courts for several years in NSW and Queensland.

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Dry arguement: River Junction Cafe and Pizzeria owners Kerry O’Connor (left) and Dianne Mancell areunhappy over Richmond Valley Council’s refusal to exempt them from the alcohol-free zone outside their premises in Richmond Terrace at Coraki. . Picture: Jay Cronan

Council rejects alcohol exemption

PATRONS dining at the River Junction Cafe and Pizzeria will not be able to enjoy a glass of wine outside after a decision by Richmond Valley Council.

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Lismore becomes fashionable

FASHION designers, photographers, textile enthusiasts and students have come together to form the Lismore Fashion Society.

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Federal Transport, Infrastructure and Local Government Minister Anthony Albanese (centre) in Kyogle yesterday with Kyogle Shire mayor Ross Brown and Federal Page MP Janelle Saffin. . Picture: Cathy Adams

Pressure to finish Pacific Highway

A 2016 COMPLETION date for the Pacific Highway upgrade has been set, and Anthony Albanese wants the NSW Government to put its shoulder to the wheel.

Lismore

Extreme tension over sports park

A POPULAR extreme sports retreat in Tabulam is at the centre of mounting tension between Tenterfield Shire Council and distressed locals.

Lismore

Metalcore: Parkway Drive drummer Ben Gordon (left), guitarist Luke Kilpatrick, vocalist Winston McCall, bass guitarist Jia O’Connor and guitarist Jeff Ling are releasing their third album. . Picture: John Mcmurtrie

Exporting music our forte

TWO examples of the region’s musical expertise have left home territory to seek international praise and inspiration for up-and-coming projects.

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How The Northern Star broke the story on March 17.

Multiple occupancies under threat

THE concept of communal living may become a distant 1970s, flower-power memory if the Kyogle Council decides to get rid of multiple occupancies.

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Veterans in Kyogle seek more space

VETERANS and councillors in Kyogle are uniting to turn a vacant, unused shopfront in the town hall into a veterans’ support centre.

Lismore

Child-care centre remains stable

A LISMORE child-care centre that was hanging by a thin financial thread last year has fought back and retained its status as a successful and stable facility.

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TOP TEAM: Trinity Catholic College students (from left) Thomas Whelan-Young, Julia Wilson-Bald, Nick Davis, Marley Berry-Pearce, Hannah Davis-Glencross and Torrington Callan with the Bond University Best on the Coast quiz competition shield. Picture: Jay Cronan

Trinity’s tops in trivia

‘WHY was Paris Hilton jailed?’, and ‘Who is Colonel Gaddafi?’ were a couple of the questions students answered to win an interstate trivia competition.

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Oscar O’Connor, a student at the Cape Byron Rudolf Steiner School, prepares for Sunday’s Bangalow Billycart Derby as his schoolmates test some of the spare billycarts made by his dad, Lance. Jay Cronan

Billycart veterans gear up

BILLYCARTS of all sizes, shapes and colours, with drivers of all ages, areinvited to register for the Bangalow Billycart Derby on Sunday.

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