6/08/2008 | THE annual NSW/ACT Sausage King competition is holding the third group of heats in Grafton tomorrow.
Local butchers from around the region will compete for the honour of Sausage King in the hope of making the State finals in October.
6/08/2008 | THE Australian Wheat Board’s (AWB) future reforms were laid out on the table for grain growers at a series of meetings held in the North West this week.
Representatives travelled to Moree, Gunnedah and Coonamble to update growers on where the company, which has been affected by last year’s deregulation of the wheat market, is heading.
6/08/2008 | THE corner of Upper and Brisbane streets was a hive of activity yesterday morning when a 4WD and a utility collided at the busy intersection.
6/08/2008 | TAMWORTH police are appealing for people who may have witnessed a serious assault outside West Tamworth League Club on Saturday night to come forward.
6/08/2008 | THE fine-tuning of board boundaries will be one of several issues considered when the State Council of Rural Lands Protection Boards meets today to discuss the organisation’s reform process.
6/08/2008 | PEOPLE are a company’s biggest resource.
To give recognition to Tamworth businesses that value human resources (HR), Tamworth Regional Development Corporation (TRDC) has launched a new award.
The award for excellence in human resource management will be given to the most deserving business or organisation on September 12.
6/08/2008 | ARMIDALE’S dementia day respite program is calling for items of memorabilia, old wares and curios to make “memory tool boxes” for its clients.
The program incorporates the Jacaranda Social Club and aims to collect a range of items that may assist them in working with clients diagnosed with early onset of
dementia.
6/08/2008 | THERE’S bad news for tourism operators. Families are travelling less and often spending less than in previous years, the NRMA has said.
6/08/2008 | MINING giant BHP Billiton has ruled out mining activities on more than half the land area covered by the Caroona Coal Project exploration licence.
BHP Billiton today released an interim report to stakeholders and identified areas within the Caroona exploration licence area (ELA) for further targeted exploration.
6/08/2008 | THERE were no problems to report back to Houston as NASA astronaut Robert (Bobby) L Satcher enthralled senior physics students with a 45-minute presentation at Peel High School yesterday.
5/08/2008 | EMERGENCY services crews rushed to the scene of an accident 10km east of Bendemeer towards Walcha yesterday morning when reports a truck carrying fertiliser had rolled on the Oxley Highway and was leaking diesel.
5/08/2008 | LOCAL girl Maree Hancock is having the time of her life.
Now studying her second year of a communication degree at the University of Newcastle Maree, who was school captain at McCarthy Catholic College in 2005, was one of 150 students who applied to work as a volunteer at the Beijing Olympics.
5/08/2008 | A HIGH capacity Tamworth childcare centre has close to a full complement of children, weeks before it’s finished.
5/08/2008 | THE first passengers on a new coach service linking Inverell, Tingha, Bundarra and Yarrowyck to the Xplorer train at Armidale made the inaugural trip this morning.
5/08/2008 | THE Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) announced on the weekend the safety and maintenance procedures of the entire Qantas fleet of aircraft would be under review over the coming weeks.
5/08/2008 | BORAL mill employees in Grafton have held their first meeting regarding the plan to close Walcha’s sawmill, with further action likely if the mill closes next Tuesday as planned.
5/08/2008 | Former McCarthy Catholic College student Maree
Hancock is in her second year of a communication degree at the University of Newcastle.
5/08/2008 | TAMWORTH’S early opening bottle shops are being commended for a decision to restrict the sale of alcohol until 9am.
4/08/2008 | THE day of July 31, 1948 at St Michael’s Church, Dowdeswell, Gloucestershire England was a very special one for Duri resident Bob Roberts. It was the day he married the love of his life - Peggy.
4/08/2008 | A BUS for people with physical disabilities is on order and should be paid for and available for the clients of Tamworth’s Northcott respite cottage by the end of the year.