scone.com.auArchive for April, 2016
News ArchivesBAREFOOT bowls, with a band and a BBQ will be going ahead tonight at the Scone RSL,
By Harley Walden
In the spring of 1935, halfway up a steep hill overlooking the homestead and stallion yards,
IN a joint three day operation between local Police, and the department of primary industries game licensing unit last week 31 incidents of illegal hunting were identified.
ACCIDENT NEAR WINGEN FOLLOW-UP:
AT approximately 9:10am on Tuesday, April 26, a sedan was pulled over on the western side of the New England Highway facing north when it appears to have attempted a u-turn across double unbroken lines when it was hit in the driver’s side door by another north bound Ford Ranger.
FOLLOWING our story Second in Line for Rio published on April 18, where Lisa Martin highlighted the injustice of the government cutting off the disability pension for her fellow disabled athletes when they are overseas,
By Des Dugan
THE demise yesterday of the local Murrurundi Post Office is bound to create a lot of discomfort in the small town as the elderly miss bill-paying and banking services.
By David Casson
THERE was no local league last weekend, however players selected in the Group 21 team travelled to Tamworth for the Greater Northern Tiger Championships to take on Group 4 and Group 19.
By Des Dugan
It costs around $22m a year to manage pests and the annual economic impact of pest animals in NSW is conservatively estimated to be $170m.
OBERON artist and sculptor Harrie Fasher led local women through a two day welding workshop to produce sculptures which will be on display during the horse festival at the Scone Arts and Crafts Centre.
THE state titles for team penning were held at Bunnan Sports Club on the weekend,