Painting a mural with joy as Casino water tower gets its first colours
It’s not until you’re up close to the mural drawn onto Casino’s water tower that you can really know the scale of the artwork. It is huge. Mural painters Steve Falco and Jordan Bruce are aware of the impact the mural will have on the town’s residents. The water tower can be seen from nearly everywhere.
Wyan sawmill sold, unlikely to operate again
The timber mill at Wyan has been sold. The Tarmac Sawmilling site on Tenterfield Rd went into liquidation last July and recently sold. The Tarmac Sawmilling Pty Ltd parent company is in South Australia and a staff member there said the mill was forced to close after the 2019 bushfires.
RVC meeting: The one where the councillor wore thongs
I plan to attend the Richmond Valley Council meetings every month so you don’t have to ... Mayor Robert Mustow opened the meeting ... IPART sets how much council can increase rates. They recently set the peg at 0.7% which is very low. Mayor Mustow said this move meant metropolitan councils would receive more money because of their population ...
‘Return our stolen trailer – no questions asked’: Tiny house charity makes plea
A tiny house charity has had one of its disaster relief trailers stolen. The Container of Dreams charity builds homes for bushfire impacted people and runs workshops on turning containers into homes.
Scaling a silo or going up a hill to get signal. Time to end the connectivity drought in country NSW
The inequalities faced by regional Australians with mobile signal and internet connection need to be fixed. The National Farmers Federation telecommunications committee member and farmer Peter Thompson said far from being a luxury, mobile phone coverage and internet connectivity were essentials in the bush, much like power and water.
Water tower gets a good scrub before mural makeover begins
The transformation of the 83-year-old art deco water tower in South Casino has been a long time coming. Richmond Valley Council put forward several mural designs for the community to decide which one was best for the tower.
Dogs welcome: Pooches get a serve of puppiccino at the pub
Erin Mooney-Smith will serve your dog a puppiccino while you have a drink at the Commercial Hotel in Casino ... When publican Marnie Macdonald posted on Facebook that dogs on leads were welcome in the beer garden of the pub, someone asked about puppiccinos for the pooches.
New home for maritime museum in Kyogle – only 80km from the sea
For two years, Wayne Finch has been searching for a suitable site for a maritime museum in Kyogle. And he has found it ... Wayne's father, Frank Finch OAM, served at sea for 46 years and when he returned to Kyogle, his home became a homage to his love of life at sea.
Rally outside council chambers to push for a mayor elected by the people
At the council’s meeting in January, councillors voted for Kylie Thomas to replace Danielle Mulholland as mayor. Many people were shocked by the vote expecting Ms Mullholland to continue as mayor for another term.
Group opposes quarry DA with submission from 40 members delivered to council
Bentley came to the Richmond Valley Council office in Casino on February 1. Holding their placards, the Bentley Our Sustainable Future group came on the final day of submissions for the development application of Bentley Quarry.
