Week that was around the region | February 12-17 | Photos
YOUNG | A safety initiative seeking to inform kindergarten students on correct behaviour on and around buses came to Young this week.
DUBBO: An R & D Glass employee works to replace damaged glass windows on Macquarie Street on Wednesday. Fifteen businesses had a collective 63 windows damaged by rocks on Tuesday night. Photo: NICK GRIMM
LITHGOW: Lithgow Rural Fire Service operational officer Craig Davis has been in Mudgee assisting with firefighting operations. Photo: SAM POTTS
MUDGEE: Rural Fire Service crews worked on containment lines at the Kains Flat fire on Thursday.
COWRA: Marlee Langfield, Grace Richmond and her mother Jennifer Richmond take part in one of Active Farmers first sessions in Cowra.
BATHURST: Kent and Dianne McNab have collected more than 1200 signatures on a petition to fix the intersection of Mitre, Suttor and Lambert streets. They also brought residents to Bathurst Regional Council to voice their concerns.
BATHURST: Serial paedophile and former priest Brian Joseph Spillane has been sentenced to another 13 years jail for abusing young boys, many of whom were homesick and turned for him for help, at a private Catholic boarding school. Photo: SYDNEY MORNING HERALD
ORANGE: Lifeline volunteers Belinda Quinn and Ray Talbot, pictured with crisis support services manager Stephanie Robinson. Photo: PHIL BLATCH
MUDGEE: Competitors Lucy and Lara are pictured with Grace Eppelstun, 2016 The Land Sydney Royal Showgirl, who was a judge of the competition. Photo: supplied.
ORANGE: Firefighters battling a blaze which was started behind JG Auto Sales and threatened the RSPCA animal shelter on William Street. Photo: JUDE KEOGH
COWRA: Lions Youth of the Year entrants Olivia Perkins, Jemma Pokoney and Andrew Barker.
BATHURST: Bathurst's Mitch Thompson and the Blue Mountains' Lachie Re are set to compete on Mount Panorama this weekend.
ORANGE: Denoc Holding director David Nock with Yallungah's staircase, which he said would have to be rebuilt if it was ordered to be retained. Photo: JUDE KEOGH
ORANGE: Terry Neil interviews NSW racing minister Paul Toole trackside at Towac Park during a break in the action on Sunday.
DUBBO: Surrounded by some of the donations Little Learners has recieved are Balin Hartas, Sianna Vandermaal, Shaked Zehavi, Beri Zehavi and Lucy Grattan with Emma McDonald. Photo: ORLANDER RUMING
DUBBO: Dubbo Regional Theatre and Convention Centre venue technicians Nathan Exelby and David McCrae pre-rigging for the CAT Awards on Saturday. Photo: ELOUISE HAWKEY
BATHURST: A new app designed by Bathurst’s Appiwork to create a directory of autism service providers will be officially launched in Bathurst. Autism Link is the brainchild of Orange woman Beck Keysers, aiming to help kids with autism to live happy, connected lives.
ORANGE: Lucy, Sharni and Holly Chimenti will run in the Orange Running Festival on February 25 and 26. Photo: TANYA MARSCHKE
DUBBO: Clive and Wally managing director Gino Trigatti said he was proud to make a "phenomenal" product in a regional area. Photo: JENNIFER HOAR
DUBBO: Susie Hill and Trish Taylor have seen the impact palliative care can have on those who are dying. Photo: ORLANDER RUMING
DUBBO: Rotary Club of Dubbo president Sandy Birkett-Williams presents the cheque for the ultrasound machine to clinical director of Dubbo Hospital's Emergency Department (ED) Dr David Lord Cowell watched by ED operations manager Clint Gross and Rotarians Jeannette Miller and Barry Brebner. Photo: KIM BARTLEY
WELLINGTON | Sunday, February 19 will mark Reverend Leslie Fotakis’ last service at the St John the Baptist Anglican Church.
GRENFELL | The school swimming carnival was held at Cowra Pool on Wednesday February 8 due to our pool being out of action. Jethro Fenton and Mikaela Hughes - Junior Champions, Will Johnson and Lynda Hucker - 11 years Champions and Riley Aspin and Taylor Keppie - Senior Champions.
BLAYNEY | Channel Seven’s Sydney Weekender program has been showing for nearly 25 years and this weekend they visited Carcoar and other areas within the Central West for the very first time.
OBERON | Temps returned to the 30s this week in Oberon with autumn on the horizon.
CANOWINDRA | A new era of fun has come to Canowinra Public School with the installation of a new set of playground equipment.
PARKES | Delightful six-year-old Melinda McKeowen lives with a rare brain disorder that affects her ability to walk and talk.
PARKES | While you would think being a twin among a family of 11 children, you’d struggle to stand out in a crowd.
FORBES | The NSW Department of Primary Industries has reminded rabbit owners to protect their pets ahead of a new national release of a rabbit biocontrol virus in March.