Tag: Nimbin
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DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION APPROVED FOR OLD NIMBIN MUSEUM SITE
In last night’s Lismore City Council meeting, councillors gave the green light to a plan to revitalise Nimbin’s CBD. The development application includes retail shops, a cafe and a medical centre at the old museum site, which burnt down six years ago. It was approved despite council staff recommending the application be rejected due to…
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WOMAN FINED $1000 AFTER BREACHING SELF ISOLATION RULES
A woman has been fined $1000 by New South Wales Police after breaching self isolation rules. The 31-year-old entered the state from Victoria last week and was meant to isolate for 14 days at a Nimbin address. However, officers yesterday located the woman at Nabiac, south of Taree. She has been instructed to return to…
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MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO NIMBIN FATAL HIT-AND-RUN
The 32-year-old man charged over a fatal hit-and-run in Nimbin last year has pleaded guilty to dangerous driving occasioning death in Lismore Local Court. Jimi Knight was driving on Cecil Street when he fatally struck 62-year-old Tonia Jensen, and left her partner seriously injured in April 2019. He will be sentenced next month and faces…
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NIMBIN MAN CHARGED OVER POSSESSING CHILD EXPLOITATION MATERIAL
A Nimbin man has been charged with a string of offences, including possessing child exploitation material. The arrest comes after a mobile phone was seized by officers last year, which allegedly contained more than 300 images of young people. Police believe some of the images were taken in local shopping centres. The 29-year-old has been…
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INJURED BUSHWALKER WINCHED TO SAFETY NORTH OF NIMBIN
An injured bushwalker has been winched to safety after he slipped while walking the Mount Nardi track, north of Nimbin, yesterday afternoon. Emergency services and the Westpac Rescue Helicopter responded to the incident. The 56-year-old man was airlifted to Lismore Base Hospital in a stable condition with a fractured ankle. (NO VIDEO)
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NIMBIN PAIR CHARGED OVER ASSAULT OF 3-YEAR-OLD BOY
A man and woman have been charged after allegedly assaulting a child in Nimbin earlier this month. Police launched an investigation after they received reports the pair assaulted a three-year-old boy. Officers later attended a home in Nimbin and found the child with bruising. A 39-year-old woman and 57-year-old man are facing assault and domestic…
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MAN CHARGED AFTER DOG HIT AND RUN IN NIMBIN
Police have charged a man after he allegedly deliberately ran over a dog in Nimbin last month. Fortunately, the family dog named ‘Huey’ survived his injuries and is now enjoying treats from local police officers. The man has been charged with negligent driving and cruelty to animals. (NO AUDIO)
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COUNCIL MAKING SURE NIMBIN IS BUSHFIRE READY
Lismore City Council will invest more than half-a-million-dollars to make sure Nimbin is bushfire ready, after a devastating summer. Emergency service infrastructure will be upgraded at the Nimbin showgrounds, thanks to a $1.3m grant from the federal bushfire recovery program. “People had to leave their homes, leave their communities and here at the Nimbin Showgrounds…
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NIMBIN BUSINESSES SUFFER AS MARDIGRASS MOVES ONLINE DUE TO COVID-19
Nimbin’s annual MardiGrass festival has been postponed due to the pandemic. But organisers are launching a free online version of the event, with all of the usual drawcards.
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POLICE CHARGE JORDAN CLOSE OVER NIMBIN SHOOTING
Police have charged one man and are speaking with another, after a woman was shot on the far north coast. The alleged shooter, Jordan Close, is accused of leading police on a high speed chase through the Tweed.