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...
AFTER one week of anxiously waiting for preference votes to be counted by the NSW Electoral Commission, the new-look, nine-person Moree Plains Shire Council was announced today. And it seems that Moree Plains' voters have opted for the ‘out the old and in with the new’...
MOREE mayor Katrina Humphries and member for Northern Tablelands Adam Marshall were today critical of the NSW Electoral Commission for its apparent lack of haste as the anxious wait for local government election results continues. Data entry commenced at 2.47pm on Tuesday with batching completed at 11.05am...
In the Bélier family, everyone is deaf, except dutiful sixteen-year-old Paula. She acts as an indispensable interpreter for her parents and younger brother, especially in the running of the family dairy farm. Though her salt-of-the-earth father has decided to run for mayor - spurred on by...
YOU’VE been hearing about this for what must seem like forever – and finally, the day has arrived. Moree Secondary College is introducing to the community the first production it has had for a number of years. There’s singing, dancing, laughter and all the other amazing...
MEMBERS of the Moree Reconciliation Group met with Northern Tablelands MP Adam Marshall recently, to discuss plans for the 10th anniversary of the Moree Reconciliation Awards next year. Mr Marshall arranged a June meeting in NSW Parliament between the Group’s spokesperson Glen Crump and Minister for...
THE cost for parents of sending children to the 23 pre-schools across the Northern Tablelands will be slashed by up to 30 per cent, after the NSW Government today announced an additional $115 million in funding to make early childhood education more affordable. “This is just...