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"It is something I want to be part of," Electrical Trades Union national secretary Allen Hicks said at the Rappville Pub on Thursday. Allen flew from Sydney to announce a $50,000 donation towards a community bus for Rappville. The Rappville Social committee has been fundraising for a bus to pick up school children to increase student numbers at Rappville Public School and to take older people on shopping trips to Casino. The 22-seater bus they plan to buy will have disability access and will cost $156,000.

A group of surf lifesavers from The Lakes Surf Life Saving Club, including four members of a school-based Nippers training program, recently saved a large group of people caught in a rip at Soldiers Beach on the NSW Central Coast.

by Colleen McQueen The Stockman's Challenge returned to Bonalbo Showground after covid delayed the event earlier in the year. More than 200 competitors from as far...

Geoff Helisma. The Yulgilbar Foundation has awarded the Grafton Regional Gallery $300,000 to support the gallery’s programs. The gallery can spend $100,000 per year commencing in March 2021, as stipulated by Yulgilbar, on “exhibitions, activities, cultural programs and education outreach associated with exhibitions”.

Geoff Helisma At Clarence Valley Council (CVC), the lone Green (and only politically declared councillor), Greg Clancy, has regularly brought up a concept he put...

Yamba's annual Classic Pairs, a two-day carnival formatted on 5 games of 14 ends with no dead ends conducted 10-11 October, once again proved to be as popular as ever. Forty four high quality teams from Kingscliff in the North to Scone in the South contested this rich event.

The Minister for Skills and Tertiary Education, the Hon. Dr. Geoff Lee MP, today met with surf lifesavers in Kiama to discuss the new UAV (drone) pilot training program that is creating jobs and ensuring our beaches are kept safe.

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Community owned through the Richmond River Independent Community Association, the Richmond River Independent covers the Richmond Valley and Kyogle areas in Northern New South Wales. Ben Hawke spent some time on the job with the editor, Susanna Freymark, and Bob Mills, the Association President.

“It takes guts to talk to someone about how you’re feeling ... just as it takes guts to get your clothes off in public.” This is the premise of The Naked Farmer social media movement where farmers – men and women – across the country take their gear off to support mental health.

Agents had a decreased yarding of 956 head at Northern Rivers Livestock Exchange’s Prime Sale on Wednesday, October 28. The yarding consisted of a...

The 1903 De Burgh bridge at Tabulam is being pulled down at a startling speed. After the completion of the two-lane new bridge, Transport for...