City rates as hot spot
ARMIDALE should expect an increase in visitor numbers this year after it was named one of the hottest travel destinations by a leading magazine.
Coming...
Pub debts hit
ARMIDALE businesses are owed thousands of dollars after the New England Hotel was forced into liquidation late last year.
More than a dozen business owners...
Monton outlasts rivals
By MATT NICHOLLS
VETERAN galloper Monton broke a 25-month drought to salute for his Armidale owners at Warwick Farm on Saturday.
The seven-year-old gelding hadn’t won...
Drug crop seized
In brief
ARMIDALE police last week seized more than 370 cannabis plants in the Basket Swamp National Park near the Queensland border.
Inspector Roger Best said...
Mayor’s side victors
FIVE runs denied the Indigenous XI its first victory against Mayor’s XI in a nail-biting end to the 12th annual Reconciliation Match at the...
Funds fixing mine leaks
By MATT NICHOLLS
ENVIRONMENTAL issues that plagued the Hillgrove mine appear to be in the past, according to Guyra-based MLC Scot MacDonald.
The Liberal Party representative...
Jumping for joy
PONY club riders from all over the region gathered at the Armidale Showgrounds over the weekend for the zone jamboree.
It was the first time...
Bringing romance home
By MATT NICHOLLS
OPERA New England director George Torbay says this year’s audience should be prepared for something brilliant as time-honoured opera La Bohème comes...
JPs sign off on new base
ALTHOUGH the official opening is not until Friday, the new Armidale Courthouse has been in full swing for the past two weeks.
The multi-million dollar...
Praying for rain
THE next four weeks could have a major bearing for the rest of year.
January is typically the hottest and wettest month in Armidale, but...
Carnival delights
THE best cricketers from Northern NSW put their skills to the test in Armidale last week in the annual Walter Taylor Shield carnival.
Under-14 players...
Stars to sing at Oz Day fling
FORMER Wallabies star Jim Williams will be Armidale’s Australia Day ambassador this year.
The star flanker has visited Armidale before to coach juniors, but will...
