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Town crier visits UK sister city

By JONATHON HOWARD Captions: Warwick’s Town Crier Bob Townsend in his full regalia. Mayor Elizabeth Higgins of Warwick in the United Kingdom impressed Bob with her...

Power up 20 per cent?

By JONATHON HOWARD PEAK horticulture organisations, community groups and landholders have called on the State Government to make good its promise to support the agriculture...

Detectives probe blaze

By JONATHON HOWARD CAPTION: Photos courtesy of the Clifton Courier. A blaze that tore through a major retail hub on Clifton’s main street is being...

New kid on the block

CAPTION: Stanthorpe Cool Kids has a new co-ordinator on the block - Joanne Petrocitto. JOANNE Petroccitto has joined Stanthorpe Cool Kids as the new co-ordinator. Joanne...

Exploring district a highlight

By LYNETTE HASELGROVE CAPTION: Members of the Stanthorpe Field Naturalists Club enjoyed a visit to Rivertree recently. THE Stanthorpe Field Naturalists Club is planning a series...

New ‘hotels’ raise fish stocks

By JONATHON HOWARD CAPTION: FISH hotels to increase aquatic life were lowered into the Condamine river by a team of workers including biologist Andrew Norris,...

Students take the reins

By JONATHON HOWARD CAPTIONS: (Total Ed1) - Amelia Koussary as the acting principal. (Total Ed 2) - Alyvia Greene-Galloway reads to Grade 2 student Lyla Kost. (Total...

Alliance leads call for reform

By JONATHON HOWARD CAPTION: Member of the Queensland Local Government Reform Alliance during a visit to Redcliffe last month with members, from left, Joseph Monsour,...

Greens candidate hits streets

CAPTION: Meet Greens Federal Candidate for Maranoa Grant Newson on the streets of Warwick today - hot on the campaign trail. THE Greens Federal Candidate...

Old friends pack back in

By BRENDAN CUSACK CAPTIONS: The Anderson Meat Packing Company opened in 1935 and grew to more than 400 workers before it was closed in 1981. FOR...

Marshall urges grants

MEMBER for Northern Tablelands Adam Marshall has urged local councils and community groups to apply for the 2014 Community Building Partnership (CBP) grants when...

Green light on expansion plans

By JONATHON HOWARD CAPTION: (Warwick Centra) Part of the Warwick Central carpark earmarked for redevelopment. (inset) (Warwick Central2) Warwick Central is set for a multi-million...

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