scone.com.auArchive for October, 2017
News ArchivesAT last night’s Council meeting the options for the special rate variation were endorsed by Council and concerns regarding Council underwriting the War Birds air show were raised.
ALEX Gillan a former resident of Merriwa has been battling Council over a water bill which continued to be charged after his house had been burnt down,
IT was a big weekend for the Where There’s A Will Foundation, while an event was taking place at the Scone Race Club the fruits of recent fundraising efforts where to also to be seen with 100 people being trained mental health first aid and 36 local teachers continuing with the graduate certificate in positive education.
THERE is a confidential issue being dealt with in Council that is defined as a “security”
LIKE many children growing up in the 80’s the movies featuring Halloween trick or treating always made me wish we had the same custom in Australia….anything for fancy dress and lollies.
By Des Dugan
It could have been 100 years ago. The troopers were all in their finery,
SCONE High School held another successful Antique Fair on the weekend and this year also featured a quilt show.
More than 830 students and 440 cattle from throughout the state converged on Scone on the weekend for the biggest beef bonanza yet.
JOEL Fitzgibbon, Federal Member of Parliament for the seat of Hunter said he was not surprised by the news that Barnaby Joyce is ineligible for Parliament and Labor is ready for the race for the seat of New England.
LOCAL residents will be heading to a federal by-election in December as a result of the local Member for Parliament being ruled as ineligible to hold office due to being a citizen of New Zealand.