KIDS as young as six years of age roaming the streets of Moree late at night and allegedly affected by harmful substances will be just one of the controversial topics discussed at a public forum into the use of crystalline methamphetamine – or ICE as...
A GRANT worth just over $21,500 will help the Moree Plains Gallery double its outdoor education area allowing for more workshops and art and cultural programs, according to Northern Tablelands MP Adam Marshall. The gallery’s management committee says the $21,583 grant announced by Mr Marshall will...
BEAUTY products worth thousands of dollars were stolen from a Frome Street beauty salon during a break-and-enter at the weekend. MyTyme Beauty Salon staff arrived at work on Monday morning to find the premises had been broken into and beauty products and property stolen. The break-and-enter was...
STATE member for New England Adam Marshall has been appointed Tourism and Major Events Minister and Assistant Minister for Skills after a cabinet reshuffle in the new Berejiklian-Barilaro NSW State Government. Tourism is a 37.1 billion-dollars-a-year industry, employing around 297,000 people in NSW and Sydney is...
Words: Bill Poulos TAKE one 10-foot tinnie with plenty of grunt thanks to a 30-horsepower outboard motor replacing the normal 10hp job, 100 kilometres of one of Australia’s most famous waterways and a couple of thrill-seeking lads from Moree and you have the ingredients of one...
POPULAR media personality and published author Tony Squires will be a special guest at the Moree Race Club’s Pacific National Chopper Cup charity dinner on Friday, February 17 at Moree racecourse. Squires, a highly-regarded journalist and radio personality, launched his television career as the host of...
AUSTRALIA Day celebrations were especially meaningful for seven Moree residents yesterday, when they were welcomed as our newest Australian citizens at the Jellicoe Park breakfast hosted by Moree Lion’s Club. Mayor Cr Katrina Humphries welcome the conferees, originally from five different countries, as new Australian citizens and...
Words and Photo: Bill Poulos AROUND 100 people gathered at Jellicoe Park on Australia Day to welcome seven new citizens and listen to inspiring words from humble Paralympian Prue Watt. The Australia Day ceremony was emceed by popular 2VM breakfast announcer Michael Andersen, who jokingly encouraged Moree’s...
Words: Rusty Bell and Bill Poulos Images: Supplied A GROUP of Moree off-road enduro riders is this year set to embark on the ultimate challenge – competing in some of the largest and most gruelling off-road events across Australia, including the Tatts Finke Desert Race over the...
A MOREE woman who was dragged from her vehicle by an unknown assailant and threatened with a claw-hammer at a local service station says she is just thankful that she wasn’t seriously injured during the ordeal – and warns others to always be alert when...