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...
MEMBER for Northern Tablelands and Parliamentary Secretary for Northern NSW Adam Marshall on Monday visited Moree East Public School to officially open the new $16.3 million school upgrade. Mr Marshall was joined at the ceremony by members of the school community and Moree Plains Shire Mayor...
MOREE Plains Shire Council is introducing a new eProcurement process designed to boost the local economy and drive business to local suppliers. “Local councils in Australia spend $20 billion a year on products and services and we want to make sure that as much of that...
NSW Police yesterday searched four properties within Barwon Local Area Command and seized a suspected stolen firearm, illegal drugs and drug paraphernalia. On Monday morning officers from Barwon Local Area Command, with assistance from the Dog Unit, executed four search warrants at private residences in Narrabri and...