Fire protection in the state’s New England region has been boosted with the arrival of a new, state-of-the-art Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) engine at Uralla. The $470,000 Compressed Air Foam System (CAFS) Iveco Class 2 pumper enables firefighters to tackle structural,...
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Colour Run Back for This Year’s Festival
The Sapphire City Festival Committee have confirmed they’ll once again stage the Festival Fun Run next month. Following a successful inaugural event last year, this will be the second staging of the Colour run at Varley Oval which will see an all ability obstacle...
Joyce Believes Power Not Fuel to Ease Cost of Living Burden
New England MP Barnaby Joyce believes a capacity to refining and producing our own fuel would assist in the current cost of living crisis instead of cutting the fuel excise. Questioned on STA FM yesterday morning whether the Coalition would reintroduce a cut on fuel...
New members Sought for Sapphire Wind Farm Community Benefit Fund Committee
Expressions of Interest are invited from community members for appointment to the Sapphire Wind Farm Community Benefit Fund Committee that will manage the distribution of funds provided by the developer of the Sapphire Wind Farm. Inverell Shire Council is seeking to...
Community Urged to Remain Vigilant About Home Fire Safety
Although winter has officially come to an end, Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) is urging the community to remain vigilant about home fire safety. This winter, FRNSW recorded 12 preventable residential fire deaths across NSW, an increase of four on last year’s fatality...
Speed Shear at Pally Pub Raising Money for National Breast Cancer Foundation
The Pally Pub will be hosting their first ever Speed Shear this Saturday from 12.30pm. Over 80 shearers from across Australia & New Zealand will be competing as they raise funds for the National Breast Cancer Foundation with raffles, merchandise & a Calcutta...
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The new Inverell Aquatic Centre continues to be a hive of activity as construction heads towards completion. Tilers have commenced tiling the walls of the 50-metre pool and pouring of the concrete for the splash pad will be completed later in the week, weather...
Ashford Bitumen Resealing Work Kicks Off today
Inverell Shire Council wishes to advise that, weather permitting, the annual bitumen resealing program will be undertaken from today until this Saturday along Urban Streets, Rural Roads and streets in the Ashford Village. Works will commence in the Wallangra Rd area...
Cessation of the BEST Nursery and Food Garden
After much consideration the BEST Employment Board has instructed to cease operations at the BEST Nursery and Food Garden. Originally a Forestry NSW tree production facility, the site faced closure in 2009. BEST Employment purchased the facility recognising the...