Tag: lismore
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LIVERPOOL ACADEMY OFFERS NEW PROGRAM FOR UNI STUDENTS
Footballers at Southern Cross University now have the chance to train with an EPL powerhouse. Liverpool is expanding it’s excellence program for uni students locally. The clinic will have both a training and coaching aspect, as well as football theory – all done the Liverpool way. “We will be spending a lot of time making…
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LISMORE’S NEW ‘LIVING SCHOOL’ SCRAPPING SCREEN TIME
A Lismore man is shaking up the education system in the Northern Rivers, opening a progressive ‘living school’ next month. It offers a different way of learning with classrooms made out of train carriages.
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EXCAVATOR ROLLOVER ON BRUXNER HIGHWAY
Traffic was backed up on the Bruxner Highway in Goonellabah, after an excavator came off a tip truck at the Pineapple Road roundabout. Thankfully no one was injured but the excavator was significantly damaged. Emergency services managed the scene to ease delays. (VISION ONLY)
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AUSTRALIA’S FIRST SOLAR GARDEN IN LISMORE
Australia’s first community-owned renewable energy company has turned on the country’s first solar garden in Lismore. ENOVA’s new 35-kilowatt system will generate power bill credits for community organisations and social housing tenants.
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MAN BITES POLICE OFFICER’S EAR
A senior constable will undergo specialist surgery after a man allegedly bit his ear in Lismore. Police allege a 40-year-old man assaulted a 71-year-old security guard at a licenced premise on Keen Street, before an off-duty police officer intervened. It was then the man allegedly held the officer in a head-lock and bit his ear.…
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HANNAH CABINET FINDS A PERMANENT HOME IN LISMORE
A local community group has raised more than $1-million to purchase an invaluable piece of art. Master craftsman Geoff Hannah officially handing over ownership of the ‘Hannah Cabinet’ to Lismore Regional Art Gallery this morning.
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SECRET SANTA GIVING THE GIFT OF LIFE THIS CHRISTMAS
Christmas is a time of giving, and the Red Cross is calling on Northern Rivers residents to do exactly that. The Lismore blood bank needs more than 300 donations to meet demand over the Christmas and New Year period.
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CAROL NIGHT ‘RAIN WISH’ COMES TRUE
The Christmas spirit came alive at Lismore’s annual Carols in the Heart. Families gathered at Crozier oval overnight to sing classic tunes. “The community’s come together tonight to celebrate Christmas but it’s all about community spirit, disasters as we know from the flood and now the bushfires brings people together so tonight’s an opportunity for…
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ASSUMPTION COLLEGE TAKES OUT MARIST CRICKET CARNIVAL
The 47th annual Marist Cricket Carnival came to a close today… After five tough days out on the field for students from across the country. Many of the promising young athletes achieving feats which could rival those of the pros. “It’s been a really classic coupla days of cricket, there’s been some really excellent efforts…
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NDIS VANS OFFER SUPPORT ON THE GO
Social Futures is bringing the NDIS to the bush thanks to two new mobile offices. The Mobile Office Outreach Vans – known as MOOV’s – are purpose-built with wheelchair access, air-conditioning and WIFI.. Allowing Social Futures area co-coordinators to meet with their clients. “To ensure just because you live in a regional or remote area…