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Grease trap regulations could send businesses down the drain
15 May 12 | Local businesses in the hospitality industry say they will have to close down if Council goes ahead with regulations forcing them to install expensive grease traps. They estimate the cost of installing the much larger grease traps is between $10,000 and $15,000.   | CommentsComments (3)
Farmers reach for big guns as super weeds refuse to die
15 May 12 | Farmers are being forced to use poisonous chemicals and revert to outdated tilling methods to cope with a growing breed of herbicide-resistant "super weeds".
Senator Bob Brown coming to Energy Festival
15 May 12 | Senator Bob Brown is coming to the Bellingen Energy Festival on July 28 as its headline Guest Speaker. Event Coordinator Liz McCabe said the Festival committee was ‘excited and a little apprehensive’ that Senator Brown had accepted the invitation.   | CommentsComments (1)
Community urged to play its part in addressing child abuse
15 May 12 | Child abuse is the scourge on our society that no-one wants to talk about; but it should be high on the agenda. This is the clear message from the NSW Police Force as it launched the renamed Child Abuse Squad, comprising a group of dedicated detectives committed to investigating serious cases of child abuse.
Council Delivery Program set to deliver
15 May 12 | Council’s Delivery Program and Operational Plan are key platforms in our Integrated Planning & Reporting framework aimed at bringing to life the community aspirations set out in the Community Strategic Plan.  | CommentsComments (1)
15 May 12 | Essential Energy crews were in Bellingen on Saturday (May 12) for major upgrade along Ford, Hill and Evans Streets in Bellingen.
2012 EJ Mantova Memorial Art Competition
15 May 12 | The EJ Mantova Memorial Art Competition was judged last Saturday and the judge Helen Hindmarsh was enthusiastic at the high standard of the more than 100 entries on display. She commented that three or four pieces in every section could have been selected as the winning entry.
It’s Show Time in Bellingen
15 May 12 | The Bellinger River Agricultural Society Ltd will be conducting the 122nd Bellingen Show this weekend, May 19 and 20.
Funding clash looms over Pacific Highway
15 May 12 | The State Government has warned the timetable for the completion of the Pacific Highway upgrade is “at risk” due to a demand by the Commonwealth that NSW contribute half the cost, continuing the fight over the appropriate funding split.   | CommentsComments (1)
15 May 12 | A former police officer now living at Mylestom has solved the mystery of how a Norman Lindsay nude painting, Woman with Satyr came to be in the Art Gallery of NSW. But the owner of the painting remains a mystery.
Grease trap regulations will close businesses
15 May 12 | Local businesses in the hospitality industry say they will have to close down if Council goes ahead with regulations forcing them to install expensive grease traps. They estimate the cost of installing the much larger grease traps is between $10,000 and $15,000.
Girls Mentoring Camp a Success
10 May 12 | A group of eight Bellingen High School year ten girls, four volunteer women mentors and two BHS teachers recently enjoyed a mentoring camp at Way Way Lodge, Scotts Head.
Bellingen EYE – survEYEving and thrEYEving!
10 May 12 | Yes – it is true that their three year funding has ended, but that has not dampened the spirit of EYE! The budget may be lessened, but the enthusiasm and energy of the 22 local youth who participated in our “EarthCraft Camp” over the school holidays was expansive.
It’s time to think about those Show entries
08 May 12 | There are only two weeks before the 2012 Bellingen Show which means there is still just enough time to get those last minute show entries ready.
Thousands rally on NSW Parliament to demand balanced land use policy
08 May 12 | An extraordinary coalition of groups has marched with NSW Farmers in Sydney last Tuesday (May 1) to demand the NSW Government honour its pre-election promise to introduce a strategic land use policy that protects prime land and water resources from the rapid escalation of mining activities across the State.
Mr Fixer retires after 25 years
08 May 12 | After 25 years of dedicated service to the Bellingen Public School community and the Department of Education, General Assistant Steve Britcher retired last Thursday.
Lyme disease support group meeting locally
08 May 12 | In Bellingen a support group has been meeting for some time. People in this group have all been diagnosed with Lyme disease - a disease that is not meant to exist in Australia!   | CommentsComments (2)
Pacific Highway funding again a political football
08 May 12 | Tonight's 2012-13 Budget is expected to inject an extra $3.56 billion into the Federal Government’s Nation Building Program, funding which if matched by the NSW Government could be used to complete the full duplication of the Pacific Highway by the end of 2016.   | CommentsComments (1)
Motor Neurone Disease Week
08 May 12 | This week is motor neurone disease week. Motor neurone disease (MND) is the name given to a group of diseases in which the neurones fail to work normally. Muscles gradually weaken and waste
Council may be taken to court over sign
08 May 12 | An antique dealer operating out of the Raleigh Industrial Estate is threatening to take Bellingen Council to court after he was fined for unauthorised signage on Short Cut Road.   | CommentsComments (5)
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