A CURRENT AFFAIR is the latest national media outlet featuring, and some say overdramatising, Byron Bay’s drug problem.
In a story about four police officers belting the living Christ out of a naked 16-year-old male, the 9News program’s host Tracy Grimshaw led into the program with predictable “playground of the rich and famous” and “in the middle of a drug crisis” comments.
LONG TIME Byron Bay local Ken Kerrigan was farewelled in style at the Byron Bay Bowling Club after his funeral on Tuesday February 6.
After the funeral at the Byron Bay Anglican Church, a celebration of Ken’s life was held at the Byron Bay Bowling Club.
SQUIDDLEYS KIDS Room at the Byron Bay Services Club is fully supervised, FREE and open for children aged 3 to 14 years, 7 days a week between 5.30 to 8.30 pm, also Sundays 12 noon to 3 pm.
“We pride ourselves in offering attentive, caring, qualified staff, in a fun-filled safe environment for your children to enjoy, says club entertainment director Margot.
WORK ON a new median traffic island that will increase safety for motorists using the Sunrise Boulevard/Ewingsdale Road roundabout, will get underway on Wednesday 7 February.
The works are expected to take around four days to complete and road crews will be diverting traffic during construction on Thursday 8th, Friday 9th and Monday 12th February. Council’s contractor crews will be working from 7am to 5pm on these days.
KEN KERRIGAN 07.10.1934 to 02.02.2018 Ken passed away peacefully after a long illness, late of Byron Bay. Dearly loved husband of Mavis, father of Ross and grandfather of Savannah. Ken…
BYRON BAY Paid Parking campaigner Paul “Macca” McCartney has come out against a recent Byron Shire Council decision to restrict the town’s share of paid parking revenue to just 50%.
Council’s resolution also includes provision for revenue distribution to be reviewed should other towns in the Shire implement paid parking.
A SWIMMER was swept from Tallow Beach in hazardous surf conditions on Saturday February 3 then located by the Westpac Life Saver Rescue Helicopter at the base of the Cape Byron headland.
VOICE of BYRON regular, Melissa Darnley shared Cape Byron Lighthouse Friends and Volunteers‘s post which reveals some very interesting action going on in the old Generator Room at the Byron Bay Lighthouse.
“In March 2018 the small team of Cape Byron Lighthouse Vollies, capably led by NPWS Tweed Byron Education Coordinator Lee Middleton, and the awesomely tenacious Vollie Buff Hungerland, will be able to reveal the displays that have been designed, created and manufactured for our NORTH ROOM ( formally the old Generator Room).
BYRON SHIRE Council’s Mayor Simon Richardson said this week that recent feedback from work on Council’s Community Strategic Plan showed people had a general lack of trust and faith in the Council and wanted more community-led decision making.
“Let 2018 be the year when we build genuine bridges with our community. For that to happen there needs to be trust and the first step in this process is the Community Solutions Panel project,” Cr Richardson said.
Applications are still open for a new training and work experience program for 17 to 24 year olds – but you need to get in quick.
The new vocational training and work experience program being run by Byron Shire Council in partnership with Byron Community College has extended its deadline for applications until mid-February.