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Colts hold top spot

HILLGROVE consolidated top spot in the Armidale District Cricket Association second grade competition after defeating Ex-Services on Saturday. A half century from Alex Brown helped...

Opening night looms

EXCITEMENT is building for tomorrow night’s opening of La Bohème at The Armidale School’s Hoskins Centre. Directed by George Torbay and conducted by Bruce Menzies,...

Precious old trees gift to generations

Your Garden WHILE in Tassie for a short break I was blown away by the majestic and beautiful old trees planted in the 1800s. Unlike...

Laughs for movie lovers

WHILE Australian rock band Eskimo Joe is the headline act, comedian Julia Morris says there won’t be a shortage of entertainment at Flix in...

Hunters launch new tour

IT'S ENTIRELY appropriate that Hunters & Collectors begin its eagerly-awaited national tour - the first since 1998 - on the upcoming Australia Day weekend....

Chance to learn mixed media

FIND your inner creative self at one of the New England Regional Art Museum’s art classes, which restart next week. For adults, there are a...

New works stir imagination

BURNT Bridge Mission is one of two new exhibitions opening on the 30 January at the Armidale Aboriginal Cultural Centre. According to Daisy William,...

Backs to wall

By MATT NICHOLLS SHEEP and cattle packed the Armidale Saleyards last week, but no one was smiling. The full yards signalled the full toll of the...

‘Urgent solution needed’

NSW Farmers president Fiona Simson says the State Government must act quickly as drought spreads rapidly across NSW. As the baron conditions in the north-west...

Plea for drought relief

MEMBER for Northern Tablelands Adam Marshall has requested the state’s top drought body, the Regional Assistance Advisory Committee, visit the region urgently and assess...

Festive fare a drawcard

GUYRA will be buzzing for the next fortnight as the town’s annual Lamb and Potato Festival kicks off today. President Steve Mepham said despite the...

Hillgrove gears up

By MATT NICHOLLS HILLGROVE will be mining gold and antimony within months, according to the mine’s owner Roger Jackson. In welcome news for the Armidale economy,...