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WHILE at the Suffolk Park pub on Saturday night a friend approached me asked had I heard about the “woman who had drowned” off Byron last week.

THE year is not yet half over and already The Northern Star has secured some major campaign victories.

I NEARLY choked on my organic muesli, as I adjusted my ponytail, put down my spliff and got off my un-immunised arse to write this column.

IF you want to know how big the problem with the drug ice is in our region, there has been one arrest per day since the start of this year.

I WAS manning the barbecue at a friend’s housewarming a few weekends ago and a young man from Texas sidled up to see if he could give me a hand.

THE Northern Star has been used by the Nationals for electioneering purposes and I’d like to set the record straight for our readers.

THE promises are coming thick and fast in this State Election campaign.

IT is just over two years since the tail end of cyclone Oswald ripped through our region.

OUR Voices of the Northern Rivers series is drawing to a close, but it is not over just yet.

IT was excruciating watching the ABC’s Four Corners TV program on live baiting in the greyhound industry on Monday night.