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Moree Gallops
TAMWORTH trainer Mark Mason will make a rare trip to Sydney next Tuesday – but first, he’s got runners at Moree today and Muswellbrook Sunday to saddle up. Mason has nominated emerging sprinter Who Goes There for the 1000m Highway Handicap on Big Dance Day at Royal Randwick, but says a trip down the New [...]
Community health
MEMBER for Northern Tablelands Brendan Moylan has appealed to the NSW and Federal Governments to join forces to address the shortage of maternity services and General Practitioners in the region. The lack of midwives and obstetricians in the region is highly publicised with the mothers of newborns speaking out about having to travel long distances [...]
Regional News
IN a significant milestone for the community, the Glen Innes Severn Public and TAFE Library will celebrate its 70th anniversary in December, marking seven decades of service to the community. Since its inception in 1953 and official opening on December 17, 1954, the library in Glen Innes has provided a welcoming community space for learning, [...]
Community
THE Moree Sports Health Arts and Education Academy (SHAE) is feeling upbeat after receiving an $1850 grant to purchase a defibrillator, Member for Northern Tablelands Brendan Moylan announced today. SHAE received the grant as part of the Local Sport Defibrillator Grant Program, aimed at providing funds for clubs around recreation facilities around NSW to purchase [...]
Moree Races
EMERGING young trainer Ridge Wilson returns to Moree on Friday with a plan to register his first winner for new stable client, well-known Moree local Les Quinn. Wilson, fresh from wins last week at Tamworth and Armidale, saddles up Quinn’s Lesgo Don in the 1300m Gwydir Gallop Class 1 Handicap. The gelding backs up from [...]
Sport
LOCAL sporting groups at Ron Harborne Oval in Moree will benefit from a newly announced $2700 grant by mayor Susannah Pearse and Member for Northern Tablelands Brendan Moylan to supply a defibrillator on-site. The funding, part of the Local Sport Defibrillator Grant Program, will provide an Automated External Defibrillator (AED), crucial for enhancing community health [...]
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PETER Burey has been in the agriculture machinery game for more than 40 years, and this season’s harvest is the biggest he’s seen. And it’s not just Mr Burey saying that, either – plenty of older customers in the game much longer than Mr Burey echo his thoughts. As general manager of Kenway and Clark’s [...]
Our Community
WHEN a few young people closely connected to the Moree agriculture industry get together and say they’re going to throw a party to raise a bit of money and hand out a few scholarships, it’s wise to sit up and listen. That’s what happens when some like-minded young aggies go about their business quietly and [...]
Health
AS planning and design nears completion, the Moree Hospital Redevelopment project has been placed on public exhibition until midnight, Tuesday November 26, 2024. This includes the project’s Review of Environmental Factors (REF) report, which has been prepared to assess the potential benefits and environmental impacts of the project, as well as the designs and general [...]
Our Community
MORE than $40,000 was raised – with the figure still climbing – when 45 walkers ranging in ages from 16 to 65 walked from Moree to Pallamallawa on Saturday as part of the One Foot Forward initiative. Walkers covered 1290 collective kilometres, raising $40,554.60 along the way for the Black Dog Institute. Event organiser Luke [...]
