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Aberdeen Highland Games
- What: The 18th Aberdeen Highland Games. More than 7,000 people are expected to travel from throughout Australia for the 17th Aberdeen Highland Games.
A motorised scooter user group is being formed in the Upper Hunter to identify local problem areas.
TODAY Transport for New South Wales announced taxi customers in regional areas may be asked to pre-pay their taxi fares in line with Sydney and the Central Coast.
THE skies are predicted to clear in time for Aberdeen Highland Games this weekend and organisers are expected another big year.
THE graveside service of Lee Fong will be held on Tuesday, July 4 at 2pm at the Aberdeen Lawn Cemetery and the wake will be held afterwards at the Aberdeen Bowling Club.
SINCE the 2011 census the population of the Upper Hunter Shire area has grown by 414 people to reach a population of 8,284,
APPROXIMATELY one kilometre south of Aberdeen near the Dartbrook mine, a truck carrying a load of tyres has rolled.
A report released yesterday by the Australian Meat Industry Employees Union states they believe JBS acted negligently by failing to properly assess worker concerns about safety on the hide puller carriage which collapsed and caused injuries to a worker earlier this month in Scone,
By Stuart Sheldrake
THERE were a similar number to last week 792, pretty light on in a market that was firm for good quality cattle and cheaper for secondary lines.
SCONE based Jiu Jitsu Dynamix took a team of ten to Sydney on the weekend to compete in the Brazillian Jiu Jitsu Submission Only Championships bringing home nine medals.