Five awards for TAG finalists
No-one could have been more surprised than Tony Tierney and Robin Prendergast, who work for The Ascent Group (TAG), when they got to their...
Community dividends from pre-loved art sale
The Inner Wheel Club of Armidale has formally presented a total of $7000 in donations to three local community organisations. The ladies of the...
Paved in Gold, Pie in the sky or Head in the Clouds?
Reading the front page article in the Armidale Independent Wednesday 8 June 2011 titled “Paved in Gold or just ‘pie in the sky’ from...
Shortchanged on Courthouse
I refer to the exciting news that construction of the proposed Armidale Courthouse will commence within six months (Independent 29/06/2011).
However, the Attorney-General has...
Critical decade
Residents of the New England/North West had the opportunity to ask members of the Climate Commission some tough questions on climate change at a...
“No bishops, no king”: The King James Bible
Many Armidale people and their forebears have read the King James Bible. This year is the 400th anniversary of the first edition in 1611....
One-all draw for OVA, Norths
Two of the top sides in the New England Mutual Premier League, Oxley Vale Attunga and North Armidale, played out a tightly contested 1-all...
Winter air quality on the improve
Readings taken in May from Council’s rooftop, using the DustTrack monitoring device, show low levels of PM2.5 pollution. People living in the city centre...
Bowing to his Labor-Greens masters
It is disappointing but not unexpected that the Member for New England Tony Windsor has abandoned any semblance of being the local member in...
Musician leads UNE’s School of Arts
The University of New England has welcomed a highly accomplished musician and academic as the new Head of its School of Arts.
Professor Darryl Poulsen...
Nashos’ tenth anniversary celebrations
The Armidale Sub-Branch of the National Serviceman’s Association of Australia is inviting all former national serviceman and ex-service men and women to participate in...
Who’s running the country?
The fallout from the current proposals by the Federal Government and Tasmanian Independent MP, Andrew Wilkie, for mandatory pre-commitment technology for poker machines -...
