John and Jeni Bruno’s Moree Freight Services has started the New Year with a freight-load to remember after winning the Moree Thumbs Up! Thumbs Down! Business Appreciation Award for January, 2021. Moree Freight Services is a local business that has been operating in Moree since April,...
MOREE Boars have had a slow start to their new Group 4 Rugby League season as they welcome in a new captain-coach. Ben Williams, who excelled in the recent WEG 9s at Scully Park, will lead the Boars in 2021. The 27-year-old utility is looking forward to...
Wee Waa’s only surviving Australian World War II veteran John Collett was honoured at the Namoi Echo Museum last week with a special plaque presentation, reports the Narrabri Courier. Ninety-four-year-old John Collett doesn’t like fuss; he prefers to be called ‘John' and isn’t a fan of...
THE State Government is taking a stand to support truth in labelling and the NSW citrus industry, with Agriculture Minister and Member for Northern Tablelands Adam Marshall announcing the government would seek to review and overturn a decision which will see 100 per cent fruit...
THE next stage in the development of the Myall Creek Massacre Memorial precinct has been officially opened by Northern Tablelands MP Adam Marshall, who joined local Aboriginal leaders at the weekend to mark the significant milestone. In 2019 the State Government provided $1.06 million, through the...
MOREE Suns AFL club defied the COVID-driven odds that were brutally dished up in 2020 to secure a major sponsorship deal during a period of great uncertainty and troubled times. The go-ahead club was last year rebranded Moree and District Services Club Suns, a sponsorship clincher...
Organisers of the Barambah Organics Hell of the West at Goondiwindi at the weekend have branded the 2021 event, Hell of a Triumph, as the community celebrated 30 years of triathlon history in the vibrant border-town region. Nearly 1000 competitors crossed the finish line in Queensland’s...
Larry Price was the sort of bloke that would never call a spade a shovel. For Larry, most times a shovel simply wasn’t enough – he’d use a bloody D-9 if it meant getting his point across. Larry could start a blue in an empty house, and...
AFTER 13 years of expertly guiding her hometown through drought, floods and just about every other adversary imaginable, Moree Mayor Katrina Humphries has decided to call time on local government and will not seek council re-election at the polls in September. “I started with the global...
Data released at the weekend reveals the true impact the Coronavirus pandemic had on life-saving organ donation and transplantation rates in 2020, prompting calls for more people to register as a donor. National organ donation and transplant data for 2020, released by federal Minister responsible for...