WHEN Horace Walpole, the 4th earl of Orford, coined the word serendipity in a letter to Horace Mann more than 260 years ago, he was referring to an ancient Persian fairytale that had absolutely intrigued him. The Three Princes of Serendip was written nearly 200 years...
MOREE and District Netball Association is back at the courts this week for the 2018 season and kids will be well looked after with the Suncorp Bank NetSetGO initiative. Suncorp NetSetGO gives girls and boys aged between five and 10 a perfect introduction to netball. Every week,...
THE ribbon was cut and the trucks began rolling over the new multi-million-dollar Nee Nee Creek Bridge, on the Newell Highway, on Tuesday this week. Northern Tablelands MP Adam Marshall performed the official honours and was joined by officials from Roads and Maritime Services and families...
THE Moree-based New England Police District will welcome another four new probationary constables to the Moree Police Station following the attestation parade of Class of 333, Northern Tablelands MP Adam Marshall announced on Friday. The latest allocation of recruits brings to 17 the total number 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...
MEMBER for Northern Tablelands Adam Marshall was joined by Moree Plains Shire Mayor Katrina Humphries and representatives from Hunter New England Health today to mark the start of construction of the new, purpose-built, $2 million Renal Dialysis Unit at Moree District Hospital. The new eight-chair unit...
INSPIRATION will abound in Moree come Mothers’ Day weekend, with a special group art exhibition at The Moree Gallery setting the tone for festivities. Featuring seven acclaimed artists from across Australia, the exhibition, Off the Shelf and Beyond, opens on Friday, May 11 and signals the...
WHEN a returned serviceman at the Moree Anzac Day march a few years ago smugly suggested to Edith Guyer that she “should go down the back with all the schoolkids”, the comment stung. Mrs Guyer was in her late 80s – she’ll be 93 in a...
GWYDIR Valley Cotton Growers Association will on Wednesday, April 18 again host An Evening of Cotton, which will include information on the history of cotton production on the Moree Plains, a farm visit, a look at cotton picking and a tour of a working cotton...