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Thumbs up 1/3/22

Thumbs up to the Imagination Library. Such a great program where your child can receive a free book from birth until school age after you register. Books are so important for children - especially in the early stages of life.

Thumbs down 1/3/22

Thumbs down to the rude, inconsiderate people at the concert on Saturday night. We went to listen to the music - not your noisy chatter. Go to the lounge if you want to talk!

Thumbs up 1/3/22

Thumbs up to the local branch of the National Party for its support of the alternative route for Inland Rail near Narrabri. At its meeting on Tuesday, February 15 the members listened to an address from a local engineer on why the alternative route should be used...

Topical 1/3/22

Today (Tuesday, March 1) is the first day of autumn and the last month of daylight saving - which ends on Sunday, April 3.

Topical 1/3/22

Today (Tuesday, March 1) is Shrove Tuesday. Pancake Tuesday, also called Pancake Day, Fat Tuesday and Mardi Gras (which is French for ‘Fat Tuesday’), is the last day of feasting before Lent begins on Ash Wednesday. It is observed in many Christian countries and...

Thumbs down 24/2/22

Thumbs down to the person hooning along Fitzroy Street late at night.

Gunnedah Shire to seek bigger slice of mine VPA

Gunnedah Shire Council has requested Whitehaven Coal to more than double its voluntary planning agreement payment to $3.36 million from the Narrabri underground coal mine extension. The larger VPA amount would cover costs of road upgrades anticipated from the proposed...

CREATE Festival events sell out

The second CREATE Festival is off to a sold-out start following increased interest in the shire-wide activities. Opening night festivities at The Crossing Theatre on March 11 and the Wee Waa Community Arts and Cultural Centre opening have already exhausted their...

NDCAS receives welcome donation from Red Cross

On Monday, February 21, some Red Cross ladies and friends met at Kath Davis’ home for a busy morning assembling knitted squares ready to turn them into throws. These squares were donated by Rose Taylor from Moree and we must say how much we appreciated the donation....

ADFAS – a glassworks start to the 2022 arts season

Techniques used by artists creating glass sculptures include blowing, kiln-casting, fusing, slumping, pâté-de-verre, flame-working, hot-sculpting and cold-working. This will be just one aspect of ADFAS Narrabri’s illustrated talk to be held on Monday, March 7, kicking...

Man charged for assaults at CBD licensed premises

A 26-year-old man has been charged in relation to assaults at a licensed premises on Maitland Street. The incident occurred at 7.55pm on February 12. The man was charged with assault occasioning actual bodily harm, reckless grievous bodily harm and affray. One of the...

Alisha Conomos awarded the 2022 Lillian Hulbert Memorial Prize

Former Wee Waa High School captain Alisha Conomos has been awarded the 2022 Lillian Hulbert Memorial Prize for her charitable activities as well as her many sporting and academic accomplishments. “I was extremely excited and relieved to have received the award,”...