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Subscriber only Five residential units above a cafe are proposed in a DA for a beachfront Kingscliff property. A development application proposing $3.2 million worth of works has been lodged with Tweed Shire Council for Corporate Properties Pty Ltd. The DA is proposing a commercial food and drink premises and above it, four one-bedroom units and one three-bedroom unit at 65 Cylinders Drive in Kingscliff. A shop-top housing development has been proposed for 65 Cylinders Drive in Kingscliff. In a document written for the applicant, Zone Planning Group explained their clients seek to use part of the council road reserve for alfresco footpath dining, with a retractable awning adjoining the road reserve area .
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Subscriber only After years of study and hard work, Jannah Hardefeldt finished her Marine Science and Management degree in 2012. She d graduated with first class honours studying coral and anemone ecotoxicology and biology, and had written multiple peer-reviewed publications. But the next year Ms Hardefeldt started a very different career ‒ in fencing and construction. And to her surprise she loved it, and she was good at it. Her impressive skills have helped Ballina-based Northern Rivers Fencing win two categories at the recent Australian Fencing Awards. Ms Hardefeldt said it was a huge honour for a business that started out in 2012 as a backyard operation run by local man Josh Bruen.
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Subscriber only You know there s something special about a business when a former apprentice comes back to town to buy the store. As of January 1, 2021, Matt Rankin, 33, and his wife Lisa Rankin, 33, are the new owners of Lismore Timezone Watchmakers, and the fourth couple to run the business since it was founded more than 60 years ago. Mr Rankin, said they were thrilled to be continuing the tradition of offering quality clock and watch repairs on site in Lismore at the shop on the corner of Keen and Magellan Streets. He said with his watchmaking qualifications and his wife s business and retails background they possess complimentary skills to grow the business.
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Subscriber only A stallholder among a group of 11 who took Bluesfest before a tribunal has welcomed the decision their fees must be refunded. Melbourne-based Paul Briggs, of Cajun Kitchen, would have marked his 11th year operating at Bluesfest Byron Bay in 2020. But it wasn t to be; a public health order issued ahead of the event meant a gathering of Bluesfest s scale was prohibited. Senior NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal member Graham Ellis this week handed down his finding in that a clause in the stallholder contracts involved a significant imbalance which allowed the festival to retain stallholder fees without providing any service.
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Subscriber only LINES down Ballina s streets have made it official, the area s Christmas dish of choice is seafood. In the wake of China s embargo on Aussie seafood, the Australian Seafood Industry s campaign for locals to add seafood to their Christmas spreads has paid off for Ballina businesses. Screenshots of a video shared to social media by Gary Brazenor showing the lines of people waiting to get seafood for Christmas from Northern Rivers Seafood on River St in Ballina at 7am. A viral video shared on social media has shown a line hundreds of metres long queuing at 7am to pick up seafood from Northern Rivers Seafood on River St in Ballina.