Navy boss at Anzac service
HIGH-ranking Navy official Commodore Michael Houghton will be the guest speaker at Armidale’s Anzac Day ceremony.
Armidale RSL sub-branch president Bob Holloway said Commodore Houghton...
Morning show tuned in to charity ride
CHANNEL Seven breakfast show Sunrise will be in Armidale tomorrow morning to broadcast the opening stages of charity bike ride Tour de Rocks.
The annual...
Don’t reject drought cash
FARMERS in the Northern Tablelands should not self-assess their eligibility for drought support funding, New England MP Barnaby Joyce says.
Speaking in Tamworth on Thursday,...
Brownlie’s medal
ANDREW Brownlie’s efforts with bat and ball saw him crowned Armidale District Cricket Association’s best-and-fairest on Thursday night.
The City all-rounder had a fine season...
Grant has U3A covered
NORTHERN Tablelands MP Adam Marshall last week toured the University of the Third Age in Armidale before paint work started on the landmark ASCA...
Fowl effort more than fair
POULTRY pundits from Armidale and Uralla have taken home a swag of ribbons from the Royal Easter Show in Sydney.
The region has always been...
Traders cut-off call
SECTIONS of Armidale have just one month to sign up for the National Broadband Network or risk having their phones and internet access cut...
Workshops aim to share the care
A SERIES of workshops for mental health carers will start in Armidale next month.
Isabelle Devos, the local advocate for Carer Assist, will help carers...
No stopping change
YELLOW edge kerbside lines indicating a no stopping zone have been marked out by council contractors across some streets in the Armidale CBD.
Yellow lines...
Lead change welcomed
NORTHERN Tablelands-based state MPs Adam Marshall and Scot MacDonald have welcomed new Premier Mike Baird to the chair following the resignation of Barry O’Farrell.
Mr...
Grand gift has kids covered
CHILDREN at the Allingham Street Childcare Centre in Armidale will be able to play outside when it rains after $4000 was raised to build...
Boy’s 200m fall
By MATT NICHOLLS
TRAGEDY was avoided at Dangars Falls on Saturday when an eight-year-old boy survived a 200-metre fall down a slope.
Emergency services crews said...