SO close but yet so far. This is possibly the only way to describe Mick Cikota’s narrow defeat in the Moree Plains Shire local government election. The ‘10th’ councillor failed to make the cut by just 15 votes, thus missing a second term on Moree Plains Shire...
GREG Smith spent a lot of time crunching numbers – and gravel – as the campaign to become one of Moree’s new councillors heightened. And as the delving went deeper, he wasn’t happy with what he saw. [caption id="attachment_6087" align="alignleft" width="609"] Greg Smith still smiles at the...
JIM Crawford’s years in senior management will hold him good stead as he enters the next phase of his life, as a newly-elected councillor on Moree Plains Shire. “It’s pleasing to see a final result has been announced and I am very humbled to be voted...
COUNCILLOR John Tramby is set to add another four years to his already impressive career in local government after being re-elected to serve Moree Plains Shire for another term. Cr Tramby, whose chief concerns include rural roads, the development of employment opportunities and the establishment of...
DEPUTY mayor Sue Price will sit another four years on Moree Plains Shire Council after preference vote-counting for the local government election was finalised mid-morning Saturday. Cr Price has been a strong advocate for the Moree Plains rural sector – especially for the folk up Mungindi...
STEPHEN Ritchie on Saturday received a totally unexpected – albeit belated – birthday present when he was named one of nine newly-elected Moree Plains Shire councillors. Mr Ritchie, who celebrated his 66th birthday on Wednesday, was one of 20 candidates for the Moree Plains local government...
IT has been a classic case of third time lucky for well-known Moree restaurateur George Chiu, who was elected to Moree Plains Shire Council at the weekend. Mr Chiu had tried but failed at two previous local government elections but this time round registered a resounding...
JUSTICE Health clinical nurse specialist Kerry Cassells has seen plenty during her 55 years in Moree and now that she has been elected to Moree Plains Shire Council, she plans to confront the many problems facing the town that she loves. Ms Cassells joins Katrina Humphries,...
A LITTLE bit of déjà vu has crept into Mike Montgomery’s life during the last couple of months – and now it appears set to stick around for at least the next four years now that the former Moree mayor has been re-elected to sit on...
KATRINA Humphries is officially back to serve another four years on Moree Plains Shire Council – her third term – and she vows she will fight tooth and nail to retain her seat at the helm. The nine newly-elected councillors will vote in two weeks’ time...