Cathy Adams

Food trucks, live bands, and carnival rides will take over Ballina and Lismore this weekend as the Summer Fairs return, bringing family fun and festival vibes to the Northern Rivers.

YOUNG musicians on the Northern Rivers can get a taste of what it's like to be a rock star at a series of music camps being run over the summer school holidays.

HAROLD Fredericks Carpark will be closed for two days so Lismore City Council staff can undertake asphalt work to address major surface damage and improve driving and parking conditions.

TEAK Fairfull will realise a childhood dream next week when she takes the stage in the finals of the prestigious Toyota Star Maker competition at the Tamworth Country Music Festival.

THE NSW Government has delivered a $1.7 million funding boost to upgrade hospitals and health facilities throughout the Northern NSW Local Health District.

A new hotel is putting this less-visited Portuguese region on the map. It’s the perfect place to escape winter too thanks to T-shirt weather temperatures even in January

RECREATIONAL fishers have 34 new ‘fish magnets' along the NSW coast, with floating devices deployed to attract prized catches like mahi-mahi and tuna.

THE Northern NSW Health District has issued a warning about bluebottle stings as the stingers swarm east coast beaches this summer.

Lightning, wind and driving rain have wreaked havoc in northern NSW, felling trees, cutting off roads and properties and leaving more than 25,000 properties without electricity.