MOREE deputy mayor Stephen Ritchie urges Moree shire residents and business owners to “have a voice” at a special meeting planned in the very near future to address the growing crime rate and callous acts of vandalism that have beset the town. “It is getting out...
MOREE elder statesman Eric Carrigan has been honoured with life membership of Gwydir Industries – the much-loved local service provider that he helped go forward from near-bankruptcy in the early 1990s to the modern facility that it is today. Mr Carrigan, a semi-retired farmer and grazier,...
WITH the federal government’s pledge to have same sex marriage institutionalised by the end of the year, Moree couple Merri-May Gill and Fi Claus can’t wait to tie the knot . . . again. The popular singer-songwriters were married in a civil ceremony at Orley Park...
LEGAL action has been lodged against Swimplex Aquatics, the company contracted earlier this decade to redevelop the Moree spa baths and swimming pool complex. The complex was reopened to the public as the newly-branded Moree Artesian Aquatic Centre in September, 2012 amid plenty of fanfare and...
THE resurgence of vaudevillian and burlesque entertainment has made Moree its next port of call, and locals are sure to be left just a little red-faced – albeit smiling from ear to ear – when Moree Arts Community Theatre and born-again cabaret star Stevie Jean...
A LIVE stand-up comedy show new to Moree will be in town next month and it’s guaranteed to have audience members rolling in the aisles with laughter – and begging for more. Women Like Us stars comedians Mandy Nolan and Ellen Briggs – and they are...
DESPITE the chaos of harvest, toddlers and the minor detail of zero hardware experience, it was an ever-enthusiastic Anthony and Rebecca Diprose who threw open the doors of Dipper’s Home Timber and Hardware five years ago. With his insatiable thirst for a new adventure and challenge,...
MOREE old-boy Max Hitchins, a self-confessed Melbourne Cup tragic who likes nothing better than to each year try and pick the winner of Australia’s greatest horse race, has been busy in the southern capital this past week letting people know exactly how he does it. “On...
ONE young girl has been charged and another taken into custody in separate incidents in Moree and Boggabilla. A young girl is in custody in Moree after being located with a quantity of stolen property. Police allege that at around 5am on Thursday morning the young girl...
SINGER-songwriters Merri-May Gill and Fi Claus will on Saturday evening officially launch their debut album Sunday Heart Parade at Mary Brand Park in Moree – and they’re inviting the entire town to come along and enjoy a night under the stars. Sunday Heart Parade features 16...