MURRAY Hartin just can’t believe his luck, sometimes. The Moree district has in the past four weeks copped more than five inches of rain – more in some places if you were under the right cloud – and smack-bang in the middle of it all was...
MEMBER for Northern Tablelands Adam Marshall has criticised the NSW Electoral Commission for its tardy conduct of the counting for the recent local government elections across the region. The MP said the service provided by the NSW Electoral Commission was a poor alternative to ‘do it...
September is Dementia Month and it affects more than 353,000 Australians, with around 25,000 Alzheimer’s disease sufferers under 65. The youngest is 30. [caption id="attachment_6097" align="alignleft" width="610"] Image: nsw.fightdementia.org.au[/caption] Alzheimer’s disease and vascular dementia are the two major causes of Dementia. It affects one in 10 people over 65...
SO close but yet so far. This is possibly the only way to describe Mick Cikota’s narrow defeat in the Moree Plains Shire local government election. The ‘10th’ councillor failed to make the cut by just 15 votes, thus missing a second term on Moree Plains Shire...
GREG Smith spent a lot of time crunching numbers – and gravel – as the campaign to become one of Moree’s new councillors heightened. And as the delving went deeper, he wasn’t happy with what he saw. [caption id="attachment_6087" align="alignleft" width="609"] Greg Smith still smiles at the...
JIM Crawford’s years in senior management will hold him good stead as he enters the next phase of his life, as a newly-elected councillor on Moree Plains Shire. “It’s pleasing to see a final result has been announced and I am very humbled to be voted...
COUNCILLOR John Tramby is set to add another four years to his already impressive career in local government after being re-elected to serve Moree Plains Shire for another term. Cr Tramby, whose chief concerns include rural roads, the development of employment opportunities and the establishment of...
DEPUTY mayor Sue Price will sit another four years on Moree Plains Shire Council after preference vote-counting for the local government election was finalised mid-morning Saturday. Cr Price has been a strong advocate for the Moree Plains rural sector – especially for the folk up Mungindi...
STEPHEN Ritchie on Saturday received a totally unexpected – albeit belated – birthday present when he was named one of nine newly-elected Moree Plains Shire councillors. Mr Ritchie, who celebrated his 66th birthday on Wednesday, was one of 20 candidates for the Moree Plains local government...
IT has been a classic case of third time lucky for well-known Moree restaurateur George Chiu, who was elected to Moree Plains Shire Council at the weekend. Mr Chiu had tried but failed at two previous local government elections but this time round registered a resounding...