SATURDAY, November 11 and Sunday, November 12 have been confirmed as the weekend for the National Indigenous Touch Football Knockout at Dubbo’s Apex Park. Wellington Aboriginal Corporation Health Service’s Quit B Fit: Tackling Indigenous Smoking program, Manly Warringah Sea Eagles in conjunction with NSW Touch Football,...
A PRIVATELY-funded $500 reward has been offered for information regarding the assault and robbery of a fast-food delivery driver in Moree on Monday night. The reward has been offered by a co-worker of the 46-year-old victim, who suffered bruising and swelling when set upon by two...
STOLEN vehicles that are left abandoned and burnt-out continue to keep Moree police busy. At around 7.30am on Saturday morning Moree Police were alerted to a burnt-out vehicle on the River Road, Moree (back Pally Road). The vehicle was identified as being stolen from a Warialda address...
COUNTRY sporting facilities will get a free kick for major upgrades, with $100 million for new infrastructure works set to boost fields, pitches and tracks across the Northern Tablelands. Local State MP Adam Marshall said the new Regional Sports Infrastructure Fund, part of the NSW Government’s...
PILOTS will soon touch down at Moree Regional Airport with added precision, inspect aircraft with extra confidence and link into a vastly improved power generation array, with $2.5 million in upgrades entering their final stages. Member for Northern Tablelands Adam Marshall recently joined Moree Plains Shire...
MOREE Plains Shire Council is in the process of finalising Stage One of the South Moree Sports Project, with a successful testing last week of the state-of-the-art light-emitting diode (LED) sports field lights. The LED lights are capable of providing competition-standard lighting with the bonus of...
THREE people have been charged with serious driving offences in the local area command this week as well as 14 others being issued infringement notices, prompting Barwon crime manager David Silversides to issue a warning to local drivers. “Motorists just don’t seem to get the message...
FOR great fishing, you need great fish habitat, which is why grants up to $40,000 are now being made available to fishing clubs, community groups, local councils and individuals wanting to improve fish habitat in the region, through the NSW Government’s Habitat Action Grants Program. “Improved...
MOREE Aged and Disability Services will extend and enhance the provision of its services to people in outer rural and remote areas following the announcement of infrastructure projects to be funded under the first round of the Australian Government’s Building Better Regions Fund. Minister for Regional Development...
“Watch out! Watch out! There are trains about!” Moree Plains Shire Council is reminding drivers that freight and grain trains are crossing the upgraded Tycannah Street level crossing as they use the Moree-Inverell rail line to Broadbent Grain to haul freight. Council’s executive projects Manager John Carleton...