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SCONE HIGH – ANTIQUES VIP NIGHT
- What: Have first look at the antiques and collectables on offer at the inaugural Scone High School Antiques Fair.
DROVING cattle to the country’s best camp draft began yesterday afternoon and organisers encourage people to come out and experience the why the Gundy camp draft beat out larger drafts to be voted best in the land.
LOCAL Land Services has conducted a trial to test the performance of 14 varieties of legumes in the Timor area and local farmers are invited to see the results.
THE community are invited to give feedback on Council’s plans for the Merriwa library.
The current plans are for the library to be in the Council’s Administration building in Merriwa and are designed to give the library room to grow with twice the current floor space,
KARLENE Duwakin is pleased to report Council slashed the contentious verge at approximately 7:20am and was finished in less than 10 minutes.
SEVERAL years ago Council ripped out four trees on Susan Street and two on Main Street without any consultation with the landowner.
COUNCIL issued a media release yesterday asking all residents to mow their lawns since snake season is upon us.
MORE than 2,000 people attended the funeral service of Adam O’Regan, who died in an accident near Gundy last week.
WALKING a mile in someone else’s shoes is important to understand the perspective of others and Wheelchair Sports NSW have taken that a step further by giving school children the chance to play sport in a wheelchair so they can better understand the skills and challenges for people with disabilities.
NOMINATIONS are open for the 2017 Upper Hunter Shire Australia Day awards.
Awards are given for residents in each of the major towns of Scone,