A quiet weekend ahead with more restrictions easing from next Wednesday July 1 like libraries then sport returning from mid-July following the school holidays.

If you are not aware, the last day of school for Term 2 is next Friday July 3.

Another 'last' occurs tomorrow, it will be the final printed edition of the Northern Star. In case you were not aware, the Northern Star will not be printing a physical newspaper after tomorrow's edition.

The Northern Star has a long and distinguished history in the Northern Rivers with the first two page edition printed on May 13, 1876.

While it ceased being a locally owned newspaper a long time it has been a lifelong ritual for many to buy the newspaper from your local newsagent or get it delivered to your house each morning to uncover the recent news from around the Northern Rivers.

It will be a great loss to many elderly residents who are forced to embrace new technology to consume local news, sport and community information.

If you know of people looking at ways to consume local news, tell them the Lismore App is free to download and it can be found in the App Store or the Play Store for android phones.

It should be a wet weekend with a 70% chance of showers which translates to 2 to 5mm's on Saturday mainly at night then with 1 to 5mm's on Sunday. So, Saturday looks to be the best day to get odd jobs done around the house.

This is also perfect timing for the Saturday morning markets with fresh fruit and vegetables, hot coffee and tea plus breakfast and live music starting at 8am with Blue Knob Community markets on from 8:30am.

The cheapest petrol prices for the weekend fill up are at United on Ballina Road, cnr Keen Street, for E10 unleaded - while for diesel you shouldn't be paying more than 117.9 at the United and at Liberty on Ballina Road.

This weekend, you can always check out what houses are for sale or rent on the Real Estate button Real Estate or if you are in search of a car, there is always plenty of used cars on the Cars/Bikes For Sale Cars/Bikes For Sale button.

Geoff Wotherspoon is the Sunday Profile this week. Geoff will be familiar to many Lismorites as he is a third generation businessman, philatelist and historian.

Neil Marks' regular Blog will be live in the morning for you looking at the affect that COVID-19 has had on our daily lives.

Plus there is Veranda Talk column and a Letter To The Editor from Steve Mackney about the physical newspaper ceasing to exist after the last edition hits the shelves tomorrow.

On a rainy Sunday try out the free puzzles and games you can play on the Lismore App if you have a spare moment.

The Games/Puzzles button can be found at the bottom of the main page Games & Puzzles.

As usual, here are some jokes to end the week.....