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Volume 2 Issue 26:
March 11, 2010
Sad song inspires bright exhibition
Written by The Tweed Shire Echo   
Thursday, 04 March 2010


Kingscliff artist Larraine Bryant holds one of her works entitled The Secret Garden, part of the ‘Send in the Clowns’ exhibition showing till March 21 at the art-deco style Curious Art Gallery in Chinderah Bay Drive, Chinderah. The theme of the show was inspired by the Stephen Sondheim song and includes drawings, collage/mixed media and photography. The gallery is open Wednesday to Sunday 11am-6pm (DST). For more info visit www.curiousart.org.au. Photo Jeff ‘Bozo’ Dawson

 
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Police still under-staffed claims MP

Thursday, 04 March 2010

article thumbnai Police are taking up to two hours to respond to calls about youth gang activities because they’re under-staffed, says Tweed MP Geoff Provest. Mr Provest confirmed residents’ complaints of long response times when he spoke out in Parliament last week about the need for more police to combat outbreaks of youth-related crime. He told Police...
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Residents meet over attacks by youth gangs

Thursday, 04 March 2010

article thumbnai The recent spate of attacks by youth gangs in West Tweed Heads triggered a record attendance at the local Neighbourhood Watch meeting at Seagulls on Monday night. More than 50 local residents turned up to a public forum to express disquiet about local youth gangs who they say are terrorising the suburb with acts of violence, vandalism and...
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Plan for advising park residents of developments set for workshop

Thursday, 04 March 2010

article thumbnai Plans to notify caravan and manufactured home park residents of proposed developments on adjacent properties have been put on hold to enable councillors to work out the logistics of the scheme. The council has decided to hold a workshop to decide the best way of notifying residents of any  development which could impact on their...
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Peta joins The Echo sales team

Thursday, 04 March 2010

article thumbnail Peta Stenhouse hopes to make her knowledge of the local communty count in her new job. Photo Luis Feliu Meet Peta Stenhouse, the new advertising rep for The Echo in Murwillumbah. Peta, 19, moved with her family to Murwillumbah from the Central Coast, around seven years ago. She completed her HSC at Mt St Patrick College in 2008 and plans...
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EditorialThe Third Tier

Thursday, 04 March 2010

article thumbnai The Third Tier might not be as exciting as The Fifth Element, especially as portrayed by Milla Jovovich, but it plays an important part in our lives. It makes our roads, collects our rubbish and...
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Mandy NolanPopping In

Thursday, 04 March 2010

article thumbnail Once upon a time people used to ‘pop in’. They were called visitors, and they would just turn up, unannounced. You’d drop everything, put on the kettle, pack the bong, crack out some biscuits and...
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EditorialSpinning it out

Thursday, 25 February 2010

article thumbnail The council general manager’s report on the running of the controversial world rally, endorsed by a majority of councillors last week, makes one think he’s talking about a totally different event...
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Mandy NolanThe Talk

Thursday, 25 February 2010

article thumbnail I have never had a problem talking about sex. It’s my job. For the last two decades I’ve stood on stage and made lewd suggestions, shared my inadequacies and confessed my secret desires. With...
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BackburnerBackburner: march 4, 2010

Thursday, 04 March 2010 | The Tweed Shire Echo

article thumbnail Byron Bay International Film Festival director J’aimee Skippon-Volke in front of an image from the film Dust and Illusions, a feature length documentary on the alternative Burning Man ‘experiment’ in the Black Rock desert of Nevada. The doco asks whether the festival has outgrown itself as a...
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Sports NewsCudgen go for it at Surf Life Saving Championships

Thursday, 04 March 2010

article thumbnail The pinnacle event of surf sports, the Ironman, was staged this on Sunday on Blacksmiths Beach, bringing to a close three days of tough state competition at the New South Wales Surf Life Saving Championship in the Hunter. With a Tsunami warning in place along the NSW coastline, a number of...
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Live MusicLive Music, March 4, 2010

Thursday, 04 March 2010

article thumbnail Pictured: Ash Grunwald Getting Stoked at Stokers The monthly Fifteen Minutes of Fame at Stokers variety entertainment show continues to go from strength to strength – and there seems to be no end to the talented people wanting to perform and entertain. The word has got around amongst...
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