MOREE community stalwart and all-round good bloke Reg Jamieson has been recognised on the Queen’s Birthday Honour List – an accolade he cherishes but says is bittersweet. Mr Jamieson was on Sunday gonged with a Medal of the Order of Australia (General Division) for his tireless...
THE late Alf Scott was known in Moree as Mr Rugby League. But he was much, much more than that. And now his community spirit – especially his spirit – continues to glow ever so brightly. Mr Scott, 94, was on Sunday posthumously named in the Queen’s Birthday...
FOR more than 30 years Mungindi community stalwart Sue Price OAM has fought for her community and now the Moree Plains Shire Councillor’s work has again been publicly recognised, with a NSW Minister’s Award for Women in Local Government. Cr Price received the Elected Representative Regional...
STAFF at Moree Plains Shire Council’s fully owned-and-operated childcare centre, Gwydir Day Care and Pre-School say a career in early childhood education is fast-paced, uniquely rewarding and different every day. Staff members are surrounded by energy and creativity and have the opportunity to play an integral...
THE transfer of the former Crown Lands Building to the Moree and District Historical Society is now complete with the help of the Moree Local Aboriginal Land Council. With a vision to turn the old building into a historical museum underway, the MLALC has provided vital...
THE Mallawa racecourse and amenities have undergone great change in recent years – and now all is in readiness for a bumper race-day on Saturday after nearly 10mm of dust-soaking rain fell on the track last week. The club is steeped in history and first raced...
MOREE galloper Track Flash is on target to make it back-to-back Mallawa Cups on Saturday after already rewriting history at Moree picnic races last month. Track Flash, trained at Moree by Peter Sinclair, became just the third horse in Golden Triangle history to win a hat-trick...
MOREE’S Showground has been made more secure and presentable with the recent completion of a new $184,200 perimeter fence. Northern Tablelands MP Adam Marshall joined Moree Show Society President Brendan Munn recently to inspect the new high security diplomatic style fence, which replaced the old and...
INVERELL race-caller Greg Kachel has supplied a unique “last chapter” to the recently-launched publication The Triangle, a book chronicling the history of bush racing in the Moree district. The book has been published to raise money for the refurbishment of the old Moree Crown Lands building,...
MOREE Plains Shire Council’s commitment to reconciliation has been reinforced, with the support of several local key events over National Reconciliation Week 2019 to the tune of $5000. Moree Plains Shire Council’s acting general manager Mitchell Johnson said Council’s annual commitment to Reconciliation Week included supporting...