Return & Earn is back in operation … for now
• PHOTO: Coonamble’s Return & Earn collection point receives a long-awaited visit from the carriers who take the cans and bottles to their recycling destination. FOLLOWING a series of closures …
Tappy talks with Dennis Firth: Coonamble’s former champion jockey features on national podcast
• PHOTO: Coonamble’s former champion jockey Dennis Firth in 1969 as a young jockey aboard Gay Biarritz in Sydney. JOHNNY Tapp (Tappy) became a household name as Australia’s leading racing …
Castlereagh industries celebrates 362+ years of service
• PHOTO: Mark Steftan, Cheryl Porter, Michael Churchill, Tim O’Connor, Jamie-Lee Johnson, and Jessica Crawford with St Vincent de Paul Executive Director Niamh Mannian at Castlereagh Industries on Wednesday 15 …
Build our roads back better – the push is on
• PHOTO: What looks like a creek is actually a section of the Wingadee Road. Residents and councillors alike are wondering why road repair funding can’t be used for ‘road …
Talking trees about town
• PHOTO: Cooling shade in Namoi Street. Coonamble can expect to see more of this if shire councillors have their way. BY LIAM MULHALL In a recent letter to the …
Fingers crossed to replace causeways
• PHOTO: The flooded causeways on the Pilliga Road have been tagged for replacement with a series of box culverts. BY LIAM MULHALL A PROPOSAL has been put forward by …
Reduced town centre speed limit coming soon
• PHOTO: Belinda McAlpine, Peter Edmonds and Reg McCauley traverse the intersection outside the Council Chambers which marks the beginning of the planned 40km/hour zone. FOLLOWING a two-year delay a …
Tragic accident claims local man’s life
• PHOTO: Josh Browne with his daughter Cadence Molloy taken in 2018 on Cadence’s first day at Kindergarten. PHOTO SUPPLIED. THE Coonamble community has been left reeling after a tragic …