TAMWORTH apprentice Melanie Bolwell collected a career-first treble at Tamworth today with wins aboard Poet’s Trick for Stephen Dixon, One Tin Soldier for Peter Cleal and Kevin Dixon’s Wanda’s Girl. And while the young 3kg-claimer celebrated well – she has tomorrow off – at the other...
MURRAY Hartin makes no bones about it when asked about the how, why and wherefore of the inaugural Magic on the Mehi music and poetry festival he co-ordinated earlier this month. The well-known bush poet, one of Moree’s most famous exports who last year returned to...
Calendar Events – October 2016 Moree Plains Details about Council activities and events are available on our website www.mpsc.nsw.gov.au, social media page www.facebook.com/MoreePlainsShireCouncil or by calling Customer Services on 6757 3222. 2 October – Jellicoe Park Markets Head to Jellicoe Park and look for something unique, quirky and fresh...
Over the coming months Barwon LAC will undertake a local campaign to directly seek out drivers who break the law and display unsafe driving practices. Intense media attention is regularly given to motoring laws and in particular young drivers. Despite this, many drivers still do not...
Police are appealing for public assistance to find a 4WD agricultural vehicle and guns stolen during break and enters in the Collarenebri area early Wednesday. Between midnight and 6am (Wednesday 21 September 2016), five separate rural locations were targeted along the Merrywinebone Road at Rowena, and...
THE wilful destruction of three trees at Moree’s Anzac Centennial Park alongside the Moree bypass has infuriated Moree Plains Shire Council and action is being taken to catch the vandals. Project and development manager Lila Fisher explained Council considers the tree damage to be a very serious...
MURRAY Hartin just can’t believe his luck, sometimes. The Moree district has in the past four weeks copped more than five inches of rain – more in some places if you were under the right cloud – and smack-bang in the middle of it all was...
MEMBER for Northern Tablelands Adam Marshall has criticised the NSW Electoral Commission for its tardy conduct of the counting for the recent local government elections across the region. The MP said the service provided by the NSW Electoral Commission was a poor alternative to ‘do it...
September is Dementia Month and it affects more than 353,000 Australians, with around 25,000 Alzheimer’s disease sufferers under 65. The youngest is 30. [caption id="attachment_6097" align="alignleft" width="610"] Image: nsw.fightdementia.org.au[/caption] Alzheimer’s disease and vascular dementia are the two major causes of Dementia. It affects one in 10 people over 65...
SO close but yet so far. This is possibly the only way to describe Mick Cikota’s narrow defeat in the Moree Plains Shire local government election. The ‘10th’ councillor failed to make the cut by just 15 votes, thus missing a second term on Moree Plains Shire...