LOOKING BACK: Dangerous North Creek Bridge abandoned in 1970
NEXT in our Looking Back series, in the lead up to The Northern Star’s 140th birthday, we look at the history of bridges connecting Ballina and Lennox Head.
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MINERS discovered a rich seam of highgrade copper-bering ore at Drake in 1967.
What readers said about young boy locked in police car
MIXED reactions have followed news of an investigation into why an eight-year-old Coraki boy was allegedly locked in the back of a police wagon for three hours.
WATCH: Mum’s anguish after son, 8, was locked in paddy wagon
A CORAKI mum says her eight-year-old son was “shaking, he was crying” after he was finally released from the back of a police paddy wagon after three hours.
Tips and advice to keep online scammers at bay
IT’S a sickening feeling to realise someone has hacked your emails and had unlimited access to your personal details.
Mum and son lucky to escape tornado at Lennox
ON MARCH 2, 1975, at 2.30pm a “willy-willy” ripped apart a home at Lennox Head.
Paralympic swimming star pulls out of Rio Games
Mystery illness causes Paralympic superstar Jacqueline Freney to pull out of Rio Games
Bridge to replace ferry welcomed in Woodburn
THE opening of a new bridge spanning the Richmond River was welcomed by the townsfolk and farmers, bringing a more efficient form of travel to the town.
The battle to save Terania Creek rainforest
THE battle to save Terania Creek forest impacted on the way we valued our environment and changed a community forever.
Community remembers war effort
THE HONOUR roll at the South Gundurimba Hall has been restored to remember those who enlisted in the First World War.
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