ABOUT 18 months ago John Singleton was struggling to make ends meet. He was on the work-for-the-dole scheme while actively looking for employment but it seemed at the time that there just wasn’t any light at the end of the long, dark tunnel. On the other side...
Words: Bill Poulos Image: Supplied PADDY Cunningham’s huge week at the track is set to continue with runners at Ballina today and Armidale on Tuesday. The Glen Innes trainer led back a winning treble on his home track Saturday week ago, including the Glen Innes Cup with Hula...
As the summer holidays continue, Transport for NSW and the NSW taxi industry have teamed up to further communicate the message that if you’re drinking, a taxi is a safe and reliable Plan B to get you home after a night out. A Transport for NSW...
A newly-launched Helicopter Retrieval Network will improve coverage of NSW Ambulance aeromedical services in rural, regional and remote NSW. A new fleet of eight white Agusta Westland 139 (AW139) helicopters has started operations for the Ambulance Service of NSW. The new helicopters will have a doctor...
VANDALS caused considerable damage to an automatic teller machine at ANZ Bank’s Moree branch on Friday evening. At about 8pm, Moree Fire Brigade was called to the Balo Street branch. Station officer Scott Beers said it was the quick response that put paid to what could...
Story and Photo: Bill Poulos MORE than 1000 mourners gathered in Moree on Friday to farewell local treasure Bernie Briggs, who succumbed to pancreatic cancer after a battle that raged for two-and-a-half years. He was 58 years of age. The living legend is now the legend, and family...
BARWON LAC officers have charged a fourth person with drug supply offences. Strike Force SASSAFRA is an operation by officers attached to Barwon Local Area Command targeting the ongoing supply of illicit drugs in the Moree region. Earlier this week local detectives, with assistance from specialist resources,...
MOREE singer-songwriters Merri-May Gill and Fi Claus have teamed up with some of the biggest names in the Australian music industry and are currently recording their new album at the iconic Sing Sing Studios in Melbourne. Merri-May and Fi have formed new group Sunday Heart Parade,...
SARGENT Doakes made it two wins from two starts at Tamworth when he arrived wide and late to win the $30,000 Brett Clarke Music Tamworth Summer Showcase Sprint (1000m) yesterday. The Rod Northam-trained gelding notched win number six in 18 starts when surged late to beat...
Words and Images: Georgina Poole IN a major coup for the region, the Moree on a Plate committee is thrilled to announce Australian food icon Lyndey Milan OAM as this year’s celebrity guest at the annual food and wine festival, an initiative reflective of the calibre...