scone.com.auArchive for May, 2018
News ArchivesYESTERDAY more than 170 students from throughout the Upper Hunter, Ravenswood School for Girls in Sydney,
WITH farmers in the Upper Hunter facing a harsh winter and hard decisions the Local Land Services are hosting drop in sessions next week to help.
By Graham Turvey
THERE is always something new at Murrurundi and on Tuesday,
The following matters were heard in the Scone local court:
ALLEN, John, a 33 year old from Scone plead guilty to a charge of drive with high range prescribed concentration of alcohol.
THE hazard reduction burn which began yesterday in the Towarri National Park is due to conclude this afternoon at 5pm,
THE Devil Ark on the Barrington Tops has welcomed to the world this season’s Tasmanian devil joeys and the birth rate is expected to smash last year’s record of 51 .
Over a Barbecue after Church in Wyoming last July I got to hear about the US Farm Assistance legislation going through the House.
FARMERS beware the main advice I see emerging from the new “eyes and ears” of the state government on the drought is likely to be to sell up.
THE Westpac Rescue helicopter has flown to Muswellbrook to attend to a 18 year old female who fell from a horse during a polo game.
By Scott Cooper
As our weather turns cooler it is often our inclination to turn to more indoor activities yet gardening in winter shouldn’t be neglected and for most gardeners the time is far from quiet.
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