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Be prepared for pets

TENTERFIELD Shire Council wants pet owners and intending owners to be aware of their responsibilities. Pet ownership these days can be quite a responsibility, and...

New safety measures

SOUTHERN Downs Regional Council will undertake extensive road safety measures around Warwick State High School, despite its engineers saying there is no abnormal safety...

Tainted vote, claims TPA

By STEVE GRAY TENTERFIELD Shire Council ignored community concerns when it voted for a massive increase in rates, the Tenterfield Progress Association says. Public comments on...

Have a say on tourism

THOSE with an interest in tourism and want to have their say are being urged to sign up to industry think tanks to be...

Mastering the language

By LUCINDA SPRINGFIELD WILLIAM Shakespeare is said to have had a vocabulary of 29,000 words. While a good vocabulary today is considered to be around 50,000...

What’s the buzz on mite?

APPLE, cherry and blueberry growers are being urged to fill in a survey to help protect their industries against the potential devastation of Varroa...

Shire to stay single

IT’S official. Tenterfield Shire will not be forced to amalgamate. Last June the interim report of the NSW Independent Local Government Review Panel recommended the...

Water on, errant mice out

SOUTHERN Downs Regional Council workers have cleaned up after two mice made a mess of the switchboard at the Warwick Water Treatment Plant. The mice...

From beer to eternity

By STEVE GRAY IT’S certainly a work in need of progress, but this 1923 International truck once filled a vital service for the town of...

Watery search

Police briefs WARWICK POLICE divers searched the Condamine River behind a former Bandidos outlaw motorcycle clubhouse in Warwick late last week. They found a dirty laundry basket,...

Program sets positive role model for dads

By STEVE GRAY CHARLIE Rowe is a man on a mission. Not the old missions where Indigenous Australians were herded for the convenience of Europeans...

Our award winners

TENTERFIELD CITIZEN OF THE YEAR: Roxanne Bancroft-Stuart. Tenterfield-born and educated, Ms Bancroft-Stuart has been a great contributor to the Tenterfield community over many years and currently...

Stay safe this snake season

As warmer weather sets in, Southern Downs residents are reminded to be on the lookout for snakes. So far this snake season (September and October),...

SCOTS does it MyWay

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