High-quality specialty store PR Interiors is the November winner of the Moree Thumbs Up! Thumbs Down! Business Appreciation Award. The locally owned-and-operated family business has provided service and specialty goods to Moree for nearly 40 years, with Shallen Fuller in her fifth year of ownership. PR Interiors,...
TWO people will face court after police seized prohibited drugs, an electronic stun device and stolen goods in Tamworth. Officers attached to Oxley Police District in October established Strike Force Kunderbung to investigate an organised drug supply network operating between the Tamworth and Central Coast areas. As...
Progress on the Australian Government Inland Rail project continues, with the second section of the 1700-kilometre Melbourne to Brisbane freight line between Narrabri and North Star (N2NS) now under construction. The Deputy Prime Minister and Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development Minister Michael McCormack and local member...
THE central grandstand at Moree racecourse will be reinstated for public use, with the announcement the State Government will provide $1.1 million in stimulus funding to address structural issues with the building. Northern Tablelands MP Adam Marshall said the funding was “brilliant news”. “The Moree Race Club...
THE COVID-19 pandemic has failed to slow progress on the $203 million Newell Highway upgrade from Mungle Back Creek to Boggabilla, with Northern Tablelands MP Adam Marshall announcing a four-kilometre section at the southern end of the project is now complete. Mr Marshall said the project...
Three people have been arrested and charged following a search warrant executed in Moree on Tuesday afternoon. At about 3pm yesterday, officers attached to Moree Proactive Crime Team executed a search warrant at a home in Moree, in relation to break-and-enters in the Greenbah area. During the...
AFTER months of deliberation, exploring different avenues and consultation with the local licensing authorities, Moree Race Club has elected to not stage the popular twilight Christmas races. However, a re-branded race meeting with limited crowd numbers and strict COVID-19 requirements will still go ahead. The Summer Races...
THE State Government will invest a record $102.84 million to upgrade roads across the Northern Tablelands this financial year. Member for Northern Tablelands Adam Marshall said the 2020-21 NSW Budget announced Tuesday targeted improvements to key freight routes as a way to speed up the recovery...
THE 2020-21 NSW budget announced on Tuesday will fast-track $2 million allocated for final planning of the $80 million Moree District Hospital redevelopment and $500,000 to bring forward and commence the $20 million refurbishment of Glen Innes Hospital. Northern Tablelands MP Adam Marshall said with this...
GLADYS Bassett has lived through two world wars and survived two global pandemics. She celebrated her first birthday just 24 hours after the Armistice was signed in 1918 and, as a toddler, survived the Spanish Flu pandemic of 1919-1920. A decade later, as a teenager, Gladys lived...