The newest stories across general, sport, community, and business coverage.
Local elections
AFTER a week of pre-polling, the final chance for residents across the Moree Plains to decide who leads the shire for the next four years has arrived. There are 15 candidates to fill nine seats at the Moree Plains Shire Council’s Max Centre bunker, and voters have until 6pm today to decide who that nine [...]
EOI now open
ABORIGINAL language and storytelling will be integrated into signage and wayfinding for the Moree Hospital Redevelopment, and Health Infrastructure is seeking community members with knowledge of Indigenous language who are interested in being involved in the project. Gomeroi, Kamilaroi, Gamilaroi community members with knowledge of Indigenous language are being sought to form a Language Reference [...]
Northern Tablelands
I caught up with RFS Northern Tablelands Superintendent Paul Metcalfe on Friday and had a look around the Armidale Fire Control Centre. It’s an impressive building which has no shortage of kit to help with firefighting operations across the region. It is also a good reminder to prepare ahead for the fire season. The Bush [...]
Swamp Dawkins
SYDNEY-based bush band Swamp Dawkins will hit the highway later this month for a series of free gigs across the black-soil plains. The Moree Plains tour is a Ricochet Community Recovery event, designed to help develop connected, sustainable, resilient and inclusive communities. Swamp Dawkins, headed up by vocalist Michael Buining on guitar, has been performing [...]
Bush Racing
HOME track advantage means everything to a racehorse trainer, especially when the home track only races once a year. That’s why Collarenebri trainer Kelly Smith is hopeful he can lead back a winner or two at his hometown cup meeting on Saturday. Smith saddles up Peak Road in the 1400m B&W Rural Collarenebri Cup, Volcanic [...]
World Champ
LUCENA Deakin is still coming to terms with her new title: World Champion. The one-time rookie touch football player and her Athelite Australian Emus mixed 30s team-mates took on the rest of the world at the Federation of International Touch World Cup in Nottingham, England, in July and beat them fair and square. The round-robin [...]
History
A PIECE of Gurley history was unveiled on Wednesday. Mayor Mark Johnson, along with Inland Rail project director Peter Borrelli, unveiled the bricks from the old Gurley Railway Station, along with the ‘Gurley’ signage, which has been given a new life after careful restoration, thanks to Moree Powder Coaters. The Gurley Town signage, affectionally known [...]
Livvi’s Place
EXTENSIVE works at Jacaranda Park in Moree are closer to completion – an inclusive space for the community to come together and play, learn and grow. The park consists of fully accessible pathways throughout, plenty of seating and shade, high-action zones, sensory play areas and quiet spaces, barbecue and sheltered table settings, and extended perimeter [...]
Agriculture
ARMIDALE Secondary College Year 10 student, Stephanie Kliendienst, has given the thumbs-up to a new program to boost skills and employment in the agriculture technology industry. The program is part of the NSW Government’s commitment to expanding opportunities for youth in regional NSW and growing our primary industries. Up to 1500 students are taking part [...]
Our Community
THE Lions Club in Moree was founded in 1954, and will next month celebrate 70 years’ active service to the town and district at a special lunch at Moree Services Club. The November 16 midday event marks seven decades of fundraising and community engagement by a local organisation formed when Jim Wilde and Alf Sadlier [...]
