Tree planting day takes off
FOR colder regions like Armidale National Tree Planting Day takes place later than the rest of the country to allow for warmer weather.
It is...
Windfarms tour seeking facts
A FOUR-DAY Windfarms Tour by coach from Armidale to Canberra has been organised by the local community windfarm project, New England Wind.
According to project...
Population surge in region
FIGURES released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) last Friday, 30 August show that the Armidale Dumaresq LGA has grown to 25,278 people...
Planting trees at Pottsville
By TANIA PHILLIPS
POTTSVILLE Wetlands will be the focus for Tweed Shire Council’s National Biodiversity month celebrations.
Biodiversity Month is held in September each year and...
Tennis coach honoured
By Judy Cartwright
THE long-awaited Terranora Tennis centre moved a step closer with a sod-turning ceremony and the announcement of a name on Saturday.
The complex,...
12,000 sign CSG peitition
By NIKKI TODD
A PETITION bearing the signatures of more than 12,000 people opposed to coal seam gas exploration and mining on the North Coast...
’Goat track’ cash
By NIKKI TODD
NATIONALS candidate Matthew Fraser has pledged $3.3 million to upgrade the western section of Kennedy Drive should he win office at the...
Fraser to the fore
By NIKKI TODD
AT just 34 years of age, one could easily dismiss Matthew Fraser as an ambitious young go-getter, but there is far more...
Sixth lines up
SIX candidates will contest the federal seat of Richmond after surprise candidate John Ordish representing the Christian Democratic Party (Fred Nile Group) put his...
Great Lindisfarne bake-off
By TANIA PHILLIPS
JUST who is the best baker at Lindisfarne Anglican Grammar School?
That’s just what the school is about to find out with their...
Walk 490
By TANIA PHILLIPS
TWEED Landcare and local experts will hold an information walk on Sunday (September 1) to aquaint residents with the controversial Lot 490,...
Major role for Richmond candidate
Palmer United Party leader Clive Palmer has announced that Dr Phil Allen, candidate for Richmond, will sit on the front bench if his party...
