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OUR READERS have been getting in touch with us to tell us what their favourite Christmas film is as the festive period gets underway.

A WREXHAM woman is celebrating 10 years in business, and it's no laughing matter, despite her April Fools' Day launch.

Craig Zerk, East Ballina As an engineer with over 45 years’ experience working in the water supply industry, I support the new water Strategy proposed by Rous Water and I am opposed to the Dunoon Dam. There are some very significant reasons for favouring groundwater over construction of a new dam downstream of the existing Rocky Creek Dam. Economically, groundwater offers the lowest Net Present Value and can be sequentially staged over decades to meet the needs of a growing population. By comparison, the dam involves a huge up-front cost (the estimate as at 2020 was $220 million – but we...

Ballina Shire Council. Photo David Lowe. Ballina Shire councillors managed to cover a lot of territory at their last meeting, which finished before a very late lunch. Farmers market expansion An expansion request for Ballina Farmers Market was approved at Commemoration Park, in spite of councillors expressing some concerns about parking. Following will be a DA, likely to request a doubling of the market size to sixty stalls. Ballina Deputy Mayor Sharon Cadwallader. Photo David Lowe. Deputy Mayor Sharon Cadwallader said, ‘When you’ve got something like this the community is really respon...

Could paid parking be on the cards for Lennox Head? Yesterday’s Ballina Shire Council meeting saw councillors raise the spectre of paid parking at Lennox Head, and possibly elsewhere in the shire. During a discussion about fees and charges, Cr Nathan Willis began musing on the lack of prospective earnings for the future, despite all the extra ratepayers flooding into Ballina and surrounds. Was it time to consider a report looking at the possibility pay parking in Lennox Head, he wondered? After a few nervous moments, Cr Eoin Johnston said he would second this. ‘Very brave!’ responded M...