A NEW debate surrounding the Bickham Coal Mine fired up between the Greens, anti Bickham Coal Mine campaigners and the proponents of the proposed mine last week.
Youth vie to win competition
THE zone judging of the Lions Youth of the Year Quest took place in Muswellbrook on Saturday and Aberdeen’s Phillip Tickle and Muswellbrook’s Jamie Watts made it through to the regional finals.
Students replant trees at Aberdeen
YEAR 8 students from St Joseph’s High School at Aberdeen were busy replanting trees along the river bank of the Aberdeen Golf Course on Friday.

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Getting soaked at swim relay
FRIDAY, March 5 dawned ominously with a pink sky and Scone Pool’s phone ran hot during the day with enquiries about whether the Business House Relay would be on.
DUTY teams: 5.45pm McPhee Building, 6.20pm Steve Eveleigh Bricklaying, 6.55pm Scone Vets 7.30pm Super Exposure.
Politicians briefed on equine interest during local stud visits
THE NSW Minister for Planning Infrastructure and Lands Tony Kelly and the Federal Leader of the ...
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8:45 AM AEDT | THE President of East Timor, Jose Ramos-Horta, has criticised Australian authorities for taking five years to DNA-test a headless skeleton believed to be that of his country's hero Nicolau Lobato.
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