scone.com.auArchive for February, 2017
News ArchivesBRONSON Macklinshaw has retained the title of King of the Ranges for the third consecutive year at the 14th annual King of the Ranges Stockman’s Challenge at Murrurundi on the weekend.
FOR most of this week the temperatures in the Upper Hunter are expected to be in the high 20’s and early 30’s with the chance of showers,
WHAT started as an effort by an Aberdeen dairy farmer to raise $700 for families affected by the Sir Ivan fire became a convoy of hay,
THE Scone Country Women’s Association have spent their afternoon getting lunch packs ready for the volunteers who will be going to the Sir Ivan fire ground fencing tomorrow.
THE community is asked to set their alarms early tomorrow to line Kelly Street and to show their support for the local fire fighters,
THE crowd and competitors at the annual King of the Ranges are enjoying perfect weather and preparing for the cross-country event this afternoon.
THERE was the usual high volume of drink driving in the community addressed in court,
THE Minister for New England made the time to visit the Scone Neighbourhood Resource Centre on his way to inspect the damage cause by the Sir Ivan fire.
THE Joan French shield was presented last night by her great grand daughters Iris and Adele Flaherty to the winners of the ladies bowls pairs Marion Bettens and Sue Watts at the Scone Bowling Club.
WHEN Lisa Martin drove past the Merriwa Showground and saw the stress on the faces of farmers who may have lost everything in the fire,