MOREE Cup-bound gelding Free Billy lost no admirers yesterday after finishing strongly to grab fourth in the 1350m Moet and Chandon Chairman’s Club Handicap at Doomben. Free Billy, trained at Moree by Peter Sinclair and owned locally by the well-known Bryans family, had just five horses...
FOLLOWING weeks of tough training, 24 recruit firefighters officially joined Fire & Rescue NSW (FRNSW) during a ceremony at the State Training College at Alexandria. They are trained in the latest firefighting technology, road crash and high-angle rescue, risk management and handling hazardous materials. NSW Minister for Emergency...
FLY Corporate will launch a regular passenger service between Moree and Brisbane after being granted approval by Moree Plains Shire Council at its Council meeting today. Fly Corporate CEO Andrew Major said the increase in the Fly Corporate network was an "extremely exciting development which forms part...
IN an Australian first, NSW is researching medicinal cannabis cultivation. The Federal Government has given the NSW Department of Primary Industries the go-ahead for the pilot cannabis cultivation program. NSW Minister Primary Industries Niall Blair said the program paves the way for non-government cultivation in the future. “This is an...
PETER Sinclair’s charge towards the all-important Moree Cup meeting in early September continues unabated on Saturday, with the local trainer saddling up three runners at two meetings – both of them in Queensland. Free Billy, Sinclair’s big Moree Cup hope, heads to Doomben on Saturday and...
THE imminent shift to a new system that will allow people with a disability to ‘comparison shop’ among service providers is being supported in Moree with almost $67,000 in transition funding from the State Government announced for two local service providers. [caption id="attachment_5533" align="alignleft" width="610"] Moree...
MEMBERS of the public interested in standing as a councillor at the forthcoming local government elections are invited to an informal information evening at 5.30pm next Monday, August 1 at Moree Plains Shire Council Chambers in the Max Centre on Balo Street. General manager Lester Rodgers and deputy mayor Sue...
THE Warialda NSW Rural Fire Service (RFS) Brigade has acquired some serious firepower, taking delivery recently of a new CAT 6 (Category 6) tanker equipped with a remote-controlled water cannon. Mr Marshall inspected the tanker yesterday in Warialda with RFS Namoi-Gwydir Zone Superintendent Michael Brooks and...
THERE has always been a self-help attitude in Gwydir Shire, and with the equipping of two 24-hour gyms, that now extends to local residents’ health and fitness. Northern Tablelands MP Adam Marshall joined Gwydir Shire Mayor John Coulton yesterday to open Bingara’s shire-owned, 24-hour gym. It was...
MOREE Plains Shire Council is asking for suggestions where community members think new bus shelters, signage or better lighting and security would be most beneficial along community bus routes. Director of Engineering Services Ian Dinham explained grants are currently available to improve the community transport experience in Moree...