Readers slam street makeover
By ALENA HIGGINS
STANTHORPE’S streetscape is back in the headlines, but for all the wrong reasons, according to Free Times readers.
Residents have accused...
Burning busy
Stanthorpe Police Reports
EMERGENCY services were kept busy on Saturday, responding to two fires.
The first occured shortly after 7pm on Dalcouth Road, Dalcouth, when cooking...
Land sale
In brief
Southern Downs Regional Council has accepted an offer for land situated on the north-western frontage to Rowley Court, Stanthorpe.
Australian Vinegar Pty Ltd offered...
Snapshots through the seasons
OUR year in pictures through the lens of talented Southern Free Times photographer Terry West.
For more year in pictures, turn to page 28 of...
New DON takes over
A NEW director of nursing (DON) has been appointed at Stanthorpe Hospital.
Sue Thurbon started on 1 December 2014 and officially took over the full...
Hospitals go smoke-free
SMOKERS will be forced to butt out around all Queensland hospitals as new legislation takes effect.
From 1 January, smoking has been banned on the...
Rain comes again, and again
WET could be one way to describe the month of December across the Free Times readership area.
Warwick, Stanthorpe, and Tenterfield all recorded rainfall totals...
Beefed up business
WHEN Dan Ford left his job as a lawyer at the Department of Innovation and Industry in Canberra and moved back to his home...
Nursing doyen calls it a day
FRIDAY, 9 January marked the end of an era when long-term Stanthorpe Hospital director of nursing (DON) Lesley Shannon called it a day.
Ms Shannon...
New contenders
By ALENA HIGGINS
THE Southern Downs might be known as one of the safest conservative seats in Queensland, but that hasn’t stopped two...
New council CEO ‘excited’
SOUTHERN Downs Regional Council (SDRC) has appointed a new Chief Executive Officer (CEO).
David Keenan will take over from acting CEO David Tuxford on 28...
Road toll down
In brief
QUEENSLAND has recorded its lowest ever road toll.
A total of 223 people lost their lives on Queensland’s roads in 2014, down 26 on...
Aussies spoil pets more than partners this Christmas
Almost one in three Aussie pet parents will splurge more on squeaky toys than sweethearts as new GREENIES research reveals the extraordinary lengths Aussies...
