REMOVING one of Moree’s iconic fig trees at the Balo Street approach to Dr Geoffrey Hunter Bridge is just one of the confronting suggestions in a risk management plan designed to “flood-proof” Moree. Constructing levee banks across the north of Moree are also suggestions aimed at...
FROM booting home Camel Cup winners at the Moree Show three years ago to competing on the national showjumping stage – Moree equestrienne Jess Towns has come a long way in a short space of time. After competing at various events all over the countryside for...
BARWON Local Area Command Rural Crime Investigators have spent this week communicating with local landholders after a number of unreported incidents were brought to their attention. Crime manager David Silversides said rural crime can have a devastating effect on farmers and the wider community. The under-reporting of...
MOREE Plains Shire Council is supporting the Tulloona Pony Club with $1240 through Council’s Public Donations financial assistance program to help the club purchase portable shade tents to be used at pony camps and Jamborees. Tulloona Pony Club secretary-treasurer Teresa Munro said more than 85 local...
MOREE Plains Shire Council has embarked on a staged approach to upgrade the Moree Regional Airport. Upgrades are aimed at improving the standard of aviation safety, decreasing flight turn backs in poor weather and providing opportunities to attract addition aviation services. Stage 1 of the airport’s critical...
IN CRICKETING terms Tamworth Jockey Club might well have scored one of its greatest tons. The TJC will stage the Darren Jones Family Appeal at the racecourse tomorrow night (Thursday, August 24), a charity event to aid the family of Tamworth jockey Darren Jones, who was...
A YOUNG single mother and her toddler have been left devastated and homeless after losing all of their belongings in a tragic house fire at Pallamallawa on Saturday morning. Kayla Vollbrecht, 19, and her daughter Sophia were asleep in their Paramellowa St home when it caught...
THE quick-thinking action of two Moree Plains Shire Council employees has saved the lives of two toddlers caught inside a burning vehicle at Boggabilla last week. Outdoor staff members Steve Moloney and Ashley Jarrett were on litter patrol along Racecourse Road in Boggabilla when they noticed...
TALMOI Picnic Race Club will take bush racing to the next level, with news that NSW Government funding to revive the iconic century-old Garah racecourse grandstand has been secured. Club president Justin Ramsay said the upgrades would open up the club to the entire community, with...
THE State Government will strengthen laws for stock theft, rural trespass and illegal hunting following a review of the current law by former NSW Police Force Assistant Commissioner Steve Bradshaw, Northern Tablelands MP Adam Marshall announced today. Mr Marshall said the Bradshaw Review identified a number...