BATHURST: Monique Ryan, who has been part of the harness racing scene in Bathurst since she was a little girl, was crowned Miss Gold Crown 2014 on Saturday night.
ORANGE: Police and forensic officers are investigating the death of a 37-year-old man who is believed to have been electrocuted during a farming accident near Cudal on Wednesday morning.
DUBBO: South Dubbo residents used the public forum at last week's Dubbo City Council meeting to voice their opposition to a proposed rezone of South Dubbo, watch by a packed gallery of about 100 people. Photo: BELINDA SOOLE.
BATHURST: THERE will be period costumes, history tours and a delicious afternoon tea at the Colonial Day to be held at Old Government Cottage on April 6. The event, which is being organised by the Bathurst District Historical Society, will include tours of the historic buildings and the new gardens. Joanna Knowles models a dress which is believed to be from the 1890s. Photo: CHRIS SEABROOK 012814cfashion
LITHGOW: The 2014 Lithgow Show was an overwhelming success, with revellers coming from far and wide to enjoy the rides and displays.
COWRA: Restaurateurs Anna Wong and Jerry Mouzakis said they have been touched by the outpouring of thanks from patrons upon hearing the news that their landmark restaurant Neila is closed and on the market.
FORBES: Appian Group site representative and construction coordinator Ian Delves, Appian Group project manager Clancy Mears, NSW Health Infrastructure project director Susann Taylor and Lachlan Health Service project manager Deborah Hunter, with the updated plans for the refurbished Forbes Hospital. 0314hospitalplans
DUBBO: When Loretta Hawke decided in 1964 she wanted to pursue a career in Tupperware, she was discouraged by friends, telling her that "Tupperware is finished in Dubbo." Fifty years later, Loretta is having the last laugh.
ORANGE: FORTY-THREE cyclists and 12 support crew have surpassed initial hopes and are celebrating raising more than $115,000 in last week’s four day, 630 kilometre Mill2Mill charity bike ride from the Manildra plant in Bomaderry to the Manildra Flour Mill in Manildra.
WALLERAWANG: EVERYONE knew it was coming but that hasn’t softened the impact on the community when, metaphorically speaking, the lights went out on Monday at the Wallerawang power station.
WELLINGTON: Little schools have to come up with creative ways of raising funds for things like excursions these days and the Geurie Public School took their cooking wares to the markets.
CANOWINDRA: There was plenty of action in town over the weekend as around 600 people converged on Canowindra for the National Trust Inspection on Saturday. While four houses were on the list; The Old Bank, Edgecombe, Braganza and Noojee Lea, the Museum also enjoyed an influx in visitors.
ORANGE: Several years ago Orange resident Rocky Mileto was involved in a devastating rugby accident, and has strong empathy for Newcastle Knights forward Alex McKinnon, who was injured in a tackle against Melbourne Storm players last week.
PARKES: Parkes Craft Corner is celebrating 40 years. It's 40 year history began in 1974 when the Antique Motor Museum offered the use of the shop section of their building to a number of craft groups who in return would collect entry fees for the museum.
BATHURST: Llanarth resident George Ballard with the log barriers which have been installed to stop motorists from using a short cut which runs behind the Bathurst Baptist Church. Photo: ZENIO LAPKA 033114zroadblock1
ORANGE: Vanessa Wardle was shocked she had won the Australian Cake Decorating Championships master class for wedding cakes after she saw the compeition. Photo: STEVE GOSCH 0401sgcakes2
BLAYNEY: The Old Errowanbang Woolshed Committee is proud to announce that they have won the right to hold the National Shearing and Woolhandling Championships 2014. Old Errowanbang Wool Shed's Jan Harries is looking forward to the event.
DUBBO: Dubbo's own Leticia Quince has put her writing skills to the test, shining above 100 others to have her work published in a Department of Family and Community Services document.
NARROMINE: An oil spill interrupted traffic on Dandaloo Street on Monday morning. Narromine's firefighters and council workers assisted to clean up the oil along the main street with police directing traffic away from the potential hazard.
MUDGEE: It was a feast for the tastebuds on Saturday when Mudgee Fine Food held their first Local Lunch event at St John’s Hall. Liz and Ross Mayberry from Mudgee Fine Foods greeted guests at the Local Lunch on Saturday.
BATHURST: Husband and wife Jaden and Kristy Ekert, her brother Shane Conroy and Karen Fieldus will be the four Bathurst representatives playing in the Australian Country sides when their New Zealand tour starts on Saturday.
DUBBO: Four men have been issued thousands of dollars in fines after pleading guilty to illegally targeting native inland species in the Macquarie River in 2012, Department of Primary Industries (DPI) Supervising Fisheries Officer, Jason Baldwin, announced earlier this week.
ORANGE: A woman has been rescued uninjured from her vehicle after it flipped in Autumn Street just after 4.30pm on Tuesday afternoon.
LITHGOW: There was talent galore when Cooerwull Public School treated the community to their annual senior citizen’s concert.
COWRA: It's a tough life being an apprentice, but for Alex Rotzler, all of his hard work has just paid off. Mr Rotzler recently took out the Ulysses Club Motorcycle Apprentice of the Year award in the ACT / NSW zone.
ORANGE: The security guard tasked with patrolling the temporary camping ground at Lake Canobolas says she is disgusted and ashamed of how backpackers were treated, after campsites were shot at in broad daylight on Sunday.
DUBBO: Diana McNaboe is congratulated by Taronga Foundation patron, actor and comedian John Cleese, after delivering the Welcome to Country at the official opening of new lodges at Taronga Western Plains Zoo (TWPZ) yesterday. Watching on are Taronga chief executive officer and director Cameron Kerr, deputy chairman of the Taronga board Steve Crane and general manager of TWPZ Matt Fuller. Photo: BELINDA SOOLE
WESTERN: Suncorp Bank hosted an agribusiness roadshow in Dubbo, to inform people on how to manage challenges and make the best of opportunities for people on the land. One of the speakers was Olympian Steven Bradbury.
GRENFELL: The unstoppable charity fundraiser Ken Tuckey and his colourful sponsored tractor made their way up Grenfell’s Main Street to the delight of the locals recently as part of his round Australia journey to raise funds for kids this year for Care Flight, Westpac Life Saver Helicopter, Kids Cancer Research Trust, Make A Wish and Dr David Morris Liver Cancer Trust Fund.
BATHURST: Sophia Tolhurst, Holly Wilkinson, Phoenix Vella and Cooper Healey from Scallywags Child Care Centre headed outdoors with teacher Letitia Ackary to try out the centre’s recently completed natural garden. Photo: CHRIS SEABROOK 032614cgarden
FORBES: It was perfect weather for the 200 golfers who came out on Saturday to have a hit of golf and remember Forbes local Greg Sanderson who lost his life in the 2002 Bali bombings.
MUDGEE: Orange City's Ben Wright with the spoils after the Blue Bulls colts claimed the NSW Country Championship crown at the Glen Willow Sports Complex on the weekend. Photo: COL BOYD
ORANGE: Ambulance Service of NSW station manager and senior paramedic Nathan Croft (centre) with (left) member for Orange Andrew Gee and Orange mayor John Davis at the helicopter base on Bathurst Road, where the aircraft was ready to fly its first rescue mission. Photo: STEVE GOSCH 0328sgchopper2
DUBBO: Passion and inspiration have struck at Dubbo among aisles and aisles of colourful and tempting textiles. ‘Layer cakes’ and ‘jelly rolls’ suggested all sorts of divine projects in the realm of the growing pastime of patchwork
PARKES: Two months after Forbes pilot Derek Neville fell unconscious at the wheel of his Piper PA-28-180, a report by the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) has been released detailing the hair-raising mid-air incident which received widespread coverage.
BATHURST: CHLOE Board has just one word to describe what she thought of her first burnout event – hooked. The 16-year-old is the daughter of speedway driver Danny Board and she is already looking forward to her next track event.
ORANGE: Tigers leadership group members (from left) Corey McKenzie (backline), Michael Rothnie (vice-captain), Tim Barry (captain) and Dale Hunter (forward line) prepare to lead the black and golds in the club’s 2014 Central West AFL premiership defence. Photo: NICK McGRATH 0401nmafl