Woman gaoled for punching 81-year-old
A Coonamble woman was handed a 10-month prison stay on 23 October for an unprovoked attack against an 81-year-old on a mobility scooter earlier this year. Forty-eight-year-old Belinda Mcbride was …
Four more arrests in relation to machete attack
Police have charged more people after an alleged assault in Bertram Street involving a machete on 28 October. Three women and one man were arrested in Coonamble two days after …
Too much tobacco?
PHOTO: Work on the shop sign for one of the new tobacconists in Castlreagh Street on 28 October. Existing tobacco retailers in Coonamble say they have seen a drop in …
Family History moves to put the Times online
PHOTO: Coonamble Family History Society members at Coonamble Shire Library: Nina Sands, Vicky Fulmer, Pauline Ditchfield, Karen McCusker, Glen McCusker, Angie Little, Marj Parsons, Lee O’Connor (Coonamble Times Editor). Missing: …
Turning up brings bonus fun in the sun
PHOTO : Outstanding attenders from Clontarf give surfing a go on the Gold Coast. Thirteen dedicated young men from the Coonamble High School Clontarf Indigenous Boys Academy program were rewarded …
Grain handlers begin industrial action
PHOTO: Grain handlers will commence strike action across NSW today. Image: GrainCorp. Grain handlers will begin one hour stoppages at grain sites across the north west of NSW today (Tuesday …
A year without mobile phones: NSW public schools see a major shift
PHOTO: Cobar High School students listening attentively to WW1 stories from museum curator, Kay Stingemore in their English class. Image: Cobar High School Facebook One year ago, the NSW government …
Off-duty senior constable charged with break-in
Two men have been charged after they allegedly forced their way into the home of an elderly man in Lightning Ridge, tied him up, and stole $100,000 in cash. One …
Dobby’s album on the Murray-Darling Basin gets ARIA nominaton
PHOTO: Rhyan Clapham, aka Dobby, in Brewarrina where he feels most connected with the water. Photo credit: Prince Reyes In his first-ever album Rhyan Clapham, known by his stage name …