scone.com.auArchive for July, 2016
News ArchivesI am sad to report that Rhonda Turner passed away last night after a long and brave battle with ten brain tumours.
KEEPING warm is challenging for people in our community who are homeless, or for people struggling to make ends meet and can not afford proper heating.
By Lyn Banks
IT was a difficult day on the golf course at Scone on Saturday,
FIRST GRADE:
- Scone 70 defeated Denman 0
- Aberdeen 28 defeated Singleton 20
- Muswellbrook 40 defeated Greta Branxton 6
RESERVE GRADE:
- Singleton 26 defeated Aberdeen 6
- Greta Branxton 25 defeated Murrurundi 18
- Muswellbrook 40 defeated Merriwa 18
- Scone –
THE small piece of guttering outside the front of a beauty salon in St Aubin’s Street is the last remaining divide in a piece of Scone’s history.
By Harley Walden
ALTHOUGH there have been many discrepancies’ regarding exactly how many racecourses there have been in the Murrurundi – Blandford area and where they were located, records dating back as far as the early 1840s state there were as many as ten different racecourses operating between the years 1832 and1922.
The first race club in Murrurundi was formed in late 1841 by a number of men including Thomas Haydon of Bloomfield, Adam Stuart Wightman of Glengarry, Ian Ellis a publican, J.H.Atkinson licencee of the Marlow Inn, Dr J.H.Gail and the Singlet Brothers of Cresswell Park.
Friday, July 22
- What: Scone Films presents Florence Foster Jenkins
- When: 7:30pm,
MAGISTRATE Lisa Stapleton presided in court this month and expressed her concern at the level of crime related to alcohol in the community.
SEVERAL residents are considering running for Council at the upcoming elections in September and attended an information session this week.
THE Seventh Day Adventist food pantry has grown because of the overwhelming support of the community since it was introduced in May this year.