FEDERAL Minister for Veterans’ Affairs Darren Chester said he was ‘deeply humbled’ by the level of support for Australian soldiers, during a visit to the Western Front on Anzac Day. Mr Chester assisted the Prime Minister at the official opening of the new Sir John Monash...
NORTHERN Tablelands MP Adam Marshall on Monday welcomed around 800 delegates from Australia’s most active regional lobby group, the Country Women’s Association (CWA) of NSW, to Armidale for their 96th Annual Conference and General Meeting. This year the conference has been bolstered with $13,000 in funding from...
MOREE Plains Shire Council is calling on a broad range of people within the local agriculture industry to offer thoughts and opinions on what the Moree Plains’ agricultural production and logistics might look like in 20 years’ time. Council is seeking broad-acre farmers, irrigators, logistics (road...
Twenty employees were recognised for their long-service and commitment to Moree Plains Shire Council in a ceremony that also acknowledged the commitment to Excellence in Service demonstrated by individual staff members to colleagues and the community. Mayor Katrina Humphries said elected councillors often get the kudos,...
A DANGEROUS bend in the Mosquito Creek Road at the entrance to Pallamallawa is now much safer after the completion of a $152,304 upgrade and road widening project, funded by the NSW Government. Northern Tablelands MP Adam Marshall inspected the completed work recently at Pallamallawa, along...
BIG Sky’s Little Readers and Book Blasters are a part of the extensive Children and Young People programs available at the Moree Community Library during the school term. Big Sky’s Little Readers meet weekly for an hour with programs designed for Kindergarten to Year 2 students. Book...
The magic of libraries is personal, subjective and multi-faceted. And this is why Big Sky Libraries is surveying residents for thoughts about the Moree library and how it is used, and what could be offered to entice those who don't. Co-operative library manager Sally Walters said the...
AS most of the region anxiously anticipates some respite from a long, hot summer and an unseasonably warm autumn, Roy Cody is quite the opposite. These sunny conditions are the perfect tonic for his current purple garlic harvest, ensuring no sprouting and a beautiful full flavour. And...
WHEN Horace Walpole, the 4th earl of Orford, coined the word serendipity in a letter to Horace Mann more than 260 years ago, he was referring to an ancient Persian fairytale that had absolutely intrigued him. The Three Princes of Serendip was written nearly 200 years...
MOREE and District Netball Association is back at the courts this week for the 2018 season and kids will be well looked after with the Suncorp Bank NetSetGO initiative. Suncorp NetSetGO gives girls and boys aged between five and 10 a perfect introduction to netball. Every week,...