NEWS travels fast in a small town. And it was exceptionally swift a couple of years ago in Collarenebri when word got out that cheap, homemade grog – rot-gut – could be purchased under-the-counter at the local second-hand shop. The store was popular with the local Indigenous...
A STORE owner in Collarenebri has been charged with selling bulk supplies of homemade ‘moonshine’ that a coroner's inquest found contributed to the deaths of three local Indigenous residents nearly two years ago. Roger Adams (37) and siblings Sandra (40) and Norman Boney (46) died from methanol...
NORTHERN Tablelands MP Adam Marshall has called on the State Government to fast-track the replacement of the 23-year-old Xplorer train fleet, which services Armidale and Moree, in the wake of last Friday’s breakdown debacle near Muswellbrook. On its return journey last Friday afternoon the Xplorer train...
BARWON Local Area Command encourages Christmas cheer over the yuletide season – but stresses that residents must party safely. Area commander Paul McDonald says that parties should be a fun way for people to socialise and enjoy themselves. “But there is an increasing need for parties to...
MOREE Plains Shire Council’s festive season celebrations take on a new format this year, with the annual main street carnival now merging with Community Christmas Carols to create one huge event at Ron Harborne Oval on Wednesday evening. Christmas at Twilight starts at 5pm, with bubble...
MOREE Fire Brigade officers were kept on the hop today under sweltering conditions, attending at least three grassfires and two vacant house fires. All fires are believed to have been deliberately lit. An officer attending a yard blaze in Barwon Avenue late this afternoon (Friday, December 2) said the...
NSW Rural Fire Service (NSW RFS) Commissioner Shane Fitzsimmons is urging landholders to be aware and well prepared with current conditions increasing the risk of fires across the state. With summer now underway, Total Fire Bans have already been declared in a number of areas due...
A $59,000 grant will help the Moree Plains Art Gallery update its bathroom facilities but importantly also offer the cultural centre the means to increase its appeal to a wider audience, according to Northern Tablelands MP Adam Marshall. Mr Marshall delivered news of the funding to...
POLICE are appealing for information from the public following break-ins at two Moree businesses earlier this week. A suspected stolen quad bike was used by the unknown offenders to gain entry to a business in Balo Street around 10pm on Monday. The vehicle was driven into the...
Do your premises currently receive a 60c or 20c subsidised feed-in tariff? Did you know that the NSW Solar Bonus Scheme is coming to a close at the end of the 2016 year? To provide information to affected premises, the NSW Department of Industry (in collaboration with...