scone.com.auArchive for March, 2018
News ArchivesBy Russell Sakey
ON a very hot sunny day, with a strong blustery N W wind,
FREE fabric bags are back at Coles and Woolworths in Scone.
Deb Fergusson,
ON Wednesday Peter and Katherine Tullia, of the Colonial Motor Lodge Scone will hold a meeting for local businesses and residents who are concerned about the impact a proposed new development on the Scone bypass.
STEVE Ernst from Scone is helping Aaron Jeffery get back in the saddle after his role in McLeod’s Daughter in preparation for Saturday when cattle will be herded across Bondi Beach.
MAINTENANCE on the water reservoir in Barton Street, Scone began last week and the water has been released into Figtree Gully.
ON July 1 as local farmers endure one of the worst droughts in living memory they will have new red tape to add to their hardship as irrigation become more restricted.
By Stuart Sheldrake
THERE were 1,500 cattle yarded this week, a couple of hundred more than last week.
LAST week Anto White from Belltrees spoke with Alan Jones to describe the drought in the Upper Hunter: Listen to the Interview and today SKY News visited the area to speak to more local farmers including Paul Metcalf,
By Graham Turvey
A beautiful autumn day for golf for the 24 Vets who played a stroke and putting event at Aberdeen where the much greener fairways had been kindly trimmed allowing lots of run,
THIS morning more than 40 concerned residents met at the Thoroughbred Hotel to discuss the latest water rates from the Upper Hunter Shire Council.