FORTY-five years ago a group of Moree High School open-weight footballers were catapulted to the top of schoolboy rugby league’s food chain when, amid unparalleled pomp and pageantry, the prized University Shield was brought home to Moree for the first time. The squad, made up of...
EDITH Guyer will travel in style when she takes part in today’s Anzac Day parade, thanks to RSL Moree sub-branch president Reg Jamieson and newly-recruited personal driver Greg Fisher. Mrs Guyer, a 92-year-old veteran, served as a Women’s Australian Auxiliary Air Force (WAAAF) recruit at No.5...
HUNDREDS of people of all ages rose from their warm beds well before a Moree dawn today to pay homage to the thousands of men and women who lost their lives in times of war and conflict – the service men and women who sacrificed...
BOGGABILLA’S footballers and cricketers will play day and night on their own ‘field of dreams’ with a $139,909 NSW Government grant to install lighting to brighten up the town’s public sportsground, Northern Tablelands MP Adam Marshall announced today. Mr Marshall said the project would help transform...
FRIENDS of Moree Regional Botanic Gardens were delighted to host the Garden Clubs Australia Northwest Zone picnic in Moree on Saturday. The picnic – also the perfect opportunity to celebrate 20 years’ operation for the Moree Plains Garden Club and 10 years for the Friends of...
MOREE pianist Tom Williams has travelled the world in recent years in pursuit of musical excellence. And that journey brought him back to where it all began on Friday evening when he collaborated with Bingara opera diva Lexi Hutton for a one-night only performance at Bank...
HE'S an entertainer, an educator and an advocate – and George the Farmer, the children’s character with a skyrocketing profile, will soon be visiting the region for the Moree on a Plate Food and Wine Festival. George, a life-size, plush character, will conduct live performances in the...
NEARLY 9000 anglers from across Australia last month took part in the 10th annual Pirtek Fishing Challenge, a nationwide competition aimed at raising much-needed funds for the Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia and Peter Duncan Neurosciences Research Unit. Anglers are required to accurately measure and photograph...
MOREE’s own classical music pianist Thomas Williams returns home this week for a one-night only performance, accompanying soprano Alexandra ‘Lexi’ Hutton at Bank Art Museum Moree on Friday evening in Concert of Classics. BAMM’s evening of classical music, starting at 6.30pm, features two of the region’s...
VETERAN jockey and all-round good bloke Geoff Snowden was honoured for his services to the Warialda Jockey Club at the bush race club’s annual cup meeting on Saturday. Snowden, who turns 55 later this month, began riding at the annual meeting in 1984 – and there...