Tag: lismore
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PANDEMIC CANCELS LISMORE LANTERN PARADE FOR 2020
The 2020 Lismore Lantern Parade has become yet another casualty of the pandemic. Organisers of the event, usually held in June each year, had planned to instead hold a mini parade in November, but now that has been scrapped as well. “We will come back and do something wonderful in 2021, and yes maybe, you…
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LIGHTS TURN BACK ON AT NORPA FOR SPECIAL PRODUCTION
Only two sleeps to go until NORPA’s first show of the year. The theatre company’s latest production stars seven young dancers living with a disability. To buy tickets, click here.
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HAVE YOU SEEN LISMORE TEENAGER ARAYA SMITH?
Police are asking for the public’s help to find a teenage girl missing from Lismore. 13-year-old Araya Smith was last seen getting into a green Holden Commodore on Rotary Drive last Wednesday. Officers believe she may be in the Goonellabah area.
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LISMORE MAN CHARGED OVER PETROL STATION ARMED ROBBERY
A man has been charged after allegedly robbing a Lismore petrol station with a pistol in the early hours of this morning. Police say the 27-year-old fled the scene with a large sum of money, before he was arrested in a nearby taxi. A gel blaster replica gun was located. He’s been refused bail to…
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MILLION-DOLLAR REWARD FOR INFORMATION OVER GERMAN BACKPACKER MURDER
15 years after German backpacker Simone Strobel was murdered in Lismore, police have offered a million-dollar reward for information, in the hope of making an arrest. It comes as officers confirm her then-boyfriend remains a person of interest in the case.
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FAIRY HILL-BASED GREYHOUND WINS RACE FIVE AT LISMORE MEET
Racing favourite Jimmy Star took out the main event at Lismore Greyhounds’ ten race meet last night. Trained by Malcolm Ross, the Fairy Hill-based dog is now well equipped to enter the Lismore Workers Club heats next week. (NO AUDIO)
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FIVE NEW RECRUITS JOIN RICHMOND POLICE FORCE
Richmond Police District has welcomed five new probationary constables today for their first day on the job. Two of the new recruits will be stationed at Casino, two at Lismore and one at Ballina. “They’re very excited to start on their journey. We’ve got a very good mix of people that have decided to join…
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NEW ENTITY TAKES OVER EAST LISMORE FOOTBALL FACILITIES
Following the shock closure of Southern Cross University’s Liverpool Academy in June, a new entity has today taken over the football facilities. The Northern Rivers Academy forming following a groundswell of community support.
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LISMORE RAPIST FAILS TO HAVE SENTENCED REDUCED IN COURT OF APPEAL
Edward John Saffin has failed to have his sentence reduced for raping a 19-year-old man five years ago near Lismore. Saffin was jailed for at least nine years and four months in 2017 – but his solicitors appealed claiming the judge didn’t consider his autism and ADHD at the time. He will remain behind bars…
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HUNDREDS GATHER TO FAREWELL LISMORE TEEN EDWARD ‘EDDY’ ALLEN
Hundreds of people gathered at the Lismore Rugby Union Club today to celebrate the life of 17-year-old Edward ‘Eddy’ Allen. The promising sporting star was remembered as a loveable larrikin and a remarkable young man. He died in a single-vehicle crash at Lismore earlier this month. (NO AUDIO)