Anti-drug drive
STANTHORPE POLICE
POLICE traffic intercepts at the Queensland - New South Wales border and Applethorpe netted a number of drug drivers and persons carrying dangerous...
Pressed to beat downturn
By ALENA HIGGINS
THE wine and grape industry needs to focus on the positives and find new innovative ways of selling to overcome the downturn,...
Dump dam project plea
By ALENA HIGGINS
A WEEK after Queensland’s independent Co-ordintor General gave the nod to the $76 million Emu Swamp Dam project, a former Stanthorpe engineer...
For the love of the game
By TANIA PHILLIPS
WHEN you think squash in Warwick over the past decade or more it’s hard not to think of the Erskine family.
Father Nick,...
Fluoride attitude hardens
By ALENA HIGGINS
ABOUT a dozen more responses have been received to the Free Times’ fluoride poll, with again all bar one wanting the practice...
Sexual assault charge
DETECTIVES have charged a man in relation to the sexual assault of a woman near Stanthorpe last year.
Police will allege on 13 August 2013,...
Dry drives solid market numbers
NUMBERS remained steady at the Warwick Cattle Sale on Tuesday, with about 1600 head being sold.
“It’s been pretty consistent with about 1500 to 1600...
Heart of gold
By ALENA HIGGINS
WHILE most people slow down when they retire, 94-year-old Fred Hyde has devoted the last three decades and all of his resources...
Measure of the maestro
THE Stanthorpe Little Theatre is rehearsing its 10th production in the series, Shakespeare Under the Stars.
Measure for Measure is one of the Bard’s lesser...
Big moves in the hall
THIS October, Tenterfield will welcome the Woodford Folk Festival of Small Halls to town.
An event of international standing, the Woodford Folk Festival features top...
Worms at work on waste
MORE than 50 per cent of domestic rubbish dumped at local waste facilities is organic and could be used to supercharge the garden, Southern...
Women’s health clinic
DARLING Downs Hospital and Health Service mobile women’s health nurse Kathryn Anning will conduct a clinic at the Killarney and District Aged Care Facility...
Warwick mum calls for change at embattled maternity unit
Warwick maternity advocate Emily Chamberlain has called for an overhaul of Toowoomba Hospital’s complaints process amid growing scrutiny over its maternity ward.
While maternity services...
