RETURNED serviceman Eric Carrigan says that while Anzac Day will be like no other in its 100-year history, he encourages the people of Moree to pause and remember past and current armed services personnel from both sides of the ditch who have fought and are...
MOREE Boars are delighted to be back in the Group 4 fold and are ready to play. However, the Boars will only take the field if it’s safe to do so and have the okay from health authorities as well as the NSWRL. Moree Boars club president...
As of today, April 23, there are now just four current confirmed COVID-19 cases within the Northern Tablelands – two in Armidale, one in Inverell and one from Moree, although this person has been in Tamworth Hospital since testing positive. Pleasingly, in the past 24 hours,...
It’s one of the largest ever silo murals in Australia, but visitors will have to wait to see the newly completed GrainCorp Silos at Yelarbon. Mayor of the Goondiwindi region, Lawrence Springborg, has urged people not to drive to see the artwork until after COVID-19 restrictions...
THE festival may be cancelled, but the show must go on. That’s the message from incoming Moree on a Plate Festival president, Chloe Hayes, whose maiden tenure was abruptly cut short due to the current COVID-19 pandemic. “While it’s disappointing to have to cancel my first festival...
LEADERS from all tiers of government are urging Australians to invoke the Anzac spirit like never before and stand proudly at the head of driveways on Saturday morning and salute past and present armed services personnel who have fought and are still fighting for this...
FOR the first time in 100 years Anzac Day ceremonies and marches across Australia have been cancelled because of COVID-19 social distancing restrictions. On Anzac Day this year the streets will be deserted and RSL Clubs across the nation will be closed. Dawn services with a...
There is finally some good news when it comes to COVID-19. In the Northern Tablelands, there have been NO new confirmed cases of the illness for more than a week, instead the number of cases is in decline. Our first three locals have been declared...
NORTHERN Tablelands MP Adam Marshall has expressed concerns on behalf of the community and thrown his support behind hundreds of Australian Community Media (ACM) journalists and staff whose employment is in up in the air after the temporary suspension of all the company’s non-daily newspapers,...
INTERMODAL hubs and new freight provisioning centres are among 16 local project proposals to be further developed with support from the Australian Government’s $44 million Inland Rail Interface Improvement Program. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development Michael McCormack said an EY...