FOR the first time in more than two decades, train travellers and visitors will be welcomed to Moree with a familiar smile as the station becomes staffed again from next week. Northern Tablelands MP Adam Marshall and Regional Transport and Roads Minister Paul Toole were in...
IT is not often a Melbourne Cup is paraded and displayed at a Mungindi Cup meeting. But back in 1956, that is exactly what happened. And it seemed only right the Holy Grail of the Australian turf found its way to the border-town outpost. After all, the president...
TARA Brown has travelled the world, married the love of her life and is following her career of choice - by all accounts it seems this Moree born and bred young professional is on a dream run. Add to that a current three-month leave from work...
MOREE’S dream of becoming the regional freight hub for the North West is continuing to gain traction, with the State Government assessing an application from Moree Plains Shire Council for a $3.4 million grant to upgrade roads and access around a proposed Intermodal site. Northern Tablelands...
HOSPITALS, roads, schools and water infrastructure will see unprecedented levels of funding across the Northern Tablelands, thanks to a record-breaking 2019-20 NSW Budget, Northern Tablelands MP Adam Marshall announced on Tuesday. Mr Marshall said a record capital spend of more than $304.3 million over the next...
NORTHERN Tablelands MP Adam Marshall has hailed today a “red letter day” for hospitals and health facilities in the region, with the 2019-20 NSW Budget locking in the $80 million redevelopment of Moree District Hospital and $20 million upgrade of Glen Innes District Hospital. Mr Marshall...
ROUND three of bush racing’s Golden Triangle jumps from the barriers at Garah’s historic Talmoi racecourse on Saturday – and quite a few visitors will jump straight from the emerald-green sward of the Moree golf course on Friday to take part in two very special...
MOREE Plains Shire Council has become aware of the potential for asbestos contamination at 142 Greenbah Road, a portion of land adjoining the Gwydir Highway in Moree, where chips of fibrous cement have been reported. Council’s director of planning and community development Angus Witherby said the...
FAMILIES across the Northern Tablelands have received even more support during the State’s worst recorded drought, with a further round of funding for Early Childhood Education services announced on Friday as part of a $755 million boost to the NSW Government’s drought support package. Northern Tablelands...
PROMINENT Moree racehorse owner Geoff Farrar says Bobby Mackay was a professional among amateurs – and former Mallawa Picnic Race Club president George Boland says the champion jockey was “the one”. And when discussions arise about exactly who the best hoop was to ever ride the...