Tag: NSW
Premier spring racing event
The highlight every year for the Armidale Jockey Club’s Spring Carnival is the Armidale Independent Spring Cup, which is being run this Sunday, November...
Website tells where spending dollars go
Local business, Waterfall Way Designs, is one of three NSW community groups that have won $2000 in the Local Government and Shires Association of...
ADC defends paid parking
According to Armidale Dumaresq Council’s General Manager Shane Burns, pay-for-parking at the Armidale Airport is essential in implementing an Airport Master Plan.
ADC has been...
Skulduggery in the 1959 State Election – Part 2
Among the many things which made the 1959 State Election memorable was that the Democratic Labor Party (DLP) ran candidates to split the Labor...
Discount retailer officially opened
Discount retailer Dollars and Sense, located in the Armidale Plaza, was officially opened last Thursday by Armidale Dumaresq Mayor Peter Ducat.
The opening comes as...
Dog trials a tail wagging good time
The Armidale Dog Training Club Obedience and Agility Trials were held over the weekend at Charleston Willows, north of the city, off Rockvale Road....
Airport Parking
2011 it is suggested that Armidale Dumaresq Council might implement pay-parking controlled by boom-gates at out airport, at $14.00 a day, supposedly “comparable to...
Our History- No 68. Skulduggery in the 1959 State Election
Some elections are more memorable than others. The 1953 State election is famous in Armidale because the winning margin was a mere 13 votes,...
Junior archers on target
The Armidale Archers hosted the NSW Junior Archery Squad over the weekend. Three girls and 15 boys hit the targets in a training and...
Women trail men in law
In its pursuit of gender equality, The Law Society of NSW hosted a round table discussion on ‘The Advancement of Women’ at Petersons Winery...
Mountain bikers grit it out
One of the major mountain bike races in the region was held by the New England Mountain Bikers (NEMTB) on Sunday. The race, called...
Grandparents Day at NEGS
Hundreds of grandparents from NSW and Queensland gained an insight into modern education when New England Girls’ School and St John’s Junior School in...
