Local News
11 Mar 10 | ALTHOUGH there was only a small attendance this year, the International Women’s Day event that was held at Aberdeen on Monday night was considered a success.
11 Mar 10 | THE most talented young performers from across the Upper Hunter will hit the stage for the 10th annual Kia Ora Music Camp and concert later this month.
11 Mar 10 | 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.
11 Mar 10 | 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.
11 Mar 10 | 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.
11 Mar 10 | THE NSW Minister for Planning Infrastructure and Lands Tony Kelly and the Federal Leader of the Nationals Warren Truss separately visited horse studs in the Upper Hunter last week to witness the relationship between the studs and coal mines.
03 Mar 10 | THE Upper Hunter Shire Council is supporting Clean Up Australia Day and is calling on everyone in the shire area to take up the challenge and get involved.
03 Mar 10 | ONCE again International Women’s Day will be celebrated around the world on Monday, March 8 with the theme Empowering Women to End Poverty by 2015.
03 Mar 10 | PAMADA managing director Mark Sydney presented an update on the Kyoto Energy Park at the Upper Hunter Shire Council meeting on Monday, February 22.
03 Mar 10 | THE Merriwa Volunteer Rescue Association (VRA) was presented with a hydraulic cutter, worth $12,000 last Thursday.
03 Mar 10 | THE results of a Scone community satisfaction survey were presented to the Upper Hunter Shire Council at its meeting on Monday, February 22 and communication with the community was the key issue.
03 Mar 10 | SEVENTY trees that were planted to honour local Olympians and the local 2000 Olympic torch relay route and now grow under power lines along the New England Highway will be retained.
03 Mar 10 | RESIDENTS in Merriwa have spoken out against a proposal to trial volunteer ambulance drivers in the community.
25 Feb 10 | SATUR might get its own licensed venue if a Liquor and Gaming Licence is approved for a venue at the Satur Shop site.
25 Feb 10 | RESIDENTS are encouraged to attend public hearings next month and have their say on plans by Bickham Coal to develop a new open cut mine near the Pages River, 15km south of Murrurundi.
25 Feb 10 | A VIRTUAL Shed blokes barbecue will take place at Bunnan on Sunday, March 7.
25 Feb 10 | THE historic Moonan Flat Public School was sold in an online auction on Monday, February 15.
25 Feb 10 | NSW NATIONAL Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) are appealing to the community for information regarding vandalism at the Washpools Camping Area in Towarri National Park, north of Scone.
25 Feb 10 | HAVING been discussed and debated for years, the issue of improving pedestrian safety in Kelly St Scone has proven to be divisive, controversial and emotional with strong, passionate opinions on both sides.
25 Feb 10 | THE Upper Hunter Shire Council resolved to dissolve the Advancing Aberdeen committee at its meeting on Monday night.
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