It’s time to light up your street for the Moree Plains Shire Christmas Light Competition, sponsored by Moree Plains Shire Council and co-ordinated by the Moree Thumbs Up! Thumbs Down! Facebook page. Categories include Best Individual Residence Display and Best Decorated Street. Best Individual Residence Display Individual residence...
THE cheerful chorus of community carols at Christmas at Twilight returns to Ron Harborne Oval on Friday, December 18. The alcohol-free community event, starting at 5pm, includes ride and food vendors, Christmas carols and a fireworks display. To ensure physical distancing is maintained while carolling and queuing...
A man already disqualified from driving until 2043 will face Moree Court today (December 14) on a raft of charges following a high-speed pursuit and crash near Inverell on Thursday. Officers attached to Glen Innes Highway Patrol detected a white Holden Astra hatchback allegedly travelling at...
The NSW Government on Thursday announced $7.3 million in funding for a strategic research project which would allow the State’s beef producers to, for the first time, measure genetic value across different cattle breeds. Minister for Agriculture Adam Marshall made the announcement at the University of...
High-quality specialty store PR Interiors is the November winner of the Moree Thumbs Up! Thumbs Down! Business Appreciation Award. The locally owned-and-operated family business has provided service and specialty goods to Moree for nearly 40 years, with Shallen Fuller in her fifth year of ownership. PR Interiors,...
TWO people will face court after police seized prohibited drugs, an electronic stun device and stolen goods in Tamworth. Officers attached to Oxley Police District in October established Strike Force Kunderbung to investigate an organised drug supply network operating between the Tamworth and Central Coast areas. As...
Progress on the Australian Government Inland Rail project continues, with the second section of the 1700-kilometre Melbourne to Brisbane freight line between Narrabri and North Star (N2NS) now under construction. The Deputy Prime Minister and Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development Minister Michael McCormack and local member...
THE central grandstand at Moree racecourse will be reinstated for public use, with the announcement the State Government will provide $1.1 million in stimulus funding to address structural issues with the building. Northern Tablelands MP Adam Marshall said the funding was “brilliant news”. “The Moree Race Club...
THE COVID-19 pandemic has failed to slow progress on the $203 million Newell Highway upgrade from Mungle Back Creek to Boggabilla, with Northern Tablelands MP Adam Marshall announcing a four-kilometre section at the southern end of the project is now complete. Mr Marshall said the project...
Three people have been arrested and charged following a search warrant executed in Moree on Tuesday afternoon. At about 3pm yesterday, officers attached to Moree Proactive Crime Team executed a search warrant at a home in Moree, in relation to break-and-enters in the Greenbah area. During the...