Local News
7:48 AM AEST | FOUR Oberon girls selected in under 11 Bathurst district hockey teams have performed well throughout this season.
7:47 AM AEST | Oberon Men’s Shed has just celebrated 12 months since it was formally incorporated.
In his address to the Shed’s Annual General Meeting on July 27, outgoing president, Ian Davis, said that the Shed had made great advances in the year since the last general election.
7:47 AM AEST | OBERON Council has decided to press on with getting biddy bush declared as a noxious weed in the Oberon area, despite claims that the Upper Macquarie County Council (UMCC) does not have the funding to control the weed if it is declared noxious.
7:43 AM AEST | A group of Oberon locals are stretching and lunging in preparation for this year's Edgell Jog, and they are inviting others in the community to get involved.
7:41 AM AEST | The battle for Calare is well and truly under way, with independent candidate Paul Blanch visiting Oberon at the end of last week to meet locals.
7:40 AM AEST | BILL Wilcox has again been recognised for his dedication and service to the Oberon community by being granted life membership of the Returned and Services League of Australia.
7:36 AM AEST | It was a monumental moment when, just before 2pm last Saturday, two 73- class diesels rumbled into Tarana Railway Station.
22 Jul 10 | Oberon Show Society will ensure the Oberon Show remains a traditional country town show.
Show Society president Beryl Gibbons gave the assurance this week following turmoil in the Bathurst AH&P Society.
22 Jul 10 | In the past we have had the benefit of good political representation at both federal and state levels. We also had the choice at election time of deciding between at least two, and sometimes three, competent candidates.
For many years at a federal level we were represented by Peter Andren who had a good understanding of the needs of the various communities which made up the electorate.
22 Jul 10 | Drivers will need to watch their speed, as mobile speed cameras were launched this week. Mobile speed cameras were rolled out on Monday to patrol the state’s high crash risk areas.
22 Jul 10 | Skills such as knitting, crocheting, cooking or even sewing on a button may have some Oberon women shaking in their boots, and it's that fact that made local Veronica Hodges want to rekindle such lost skills.
22 Jul 10 | The O’Connell Avenue of Trees would have had their branches singed if they had been anywhere near the heated discussion about them at Tuesday's ordinary council meeting.
22 Jul 10 | WHEN Oberon residents go to the polls on August 21 with the rest of the country to vote for a new federal parliament, they will be voting in a new electorate.
15 Jul 10 | Today it is 40 years since Oberon local Robert Campbell received a kidney transplant that was expected to last around ten years, and he considers himself to be a very lucky man.
15 Jul 10 | Oberon Council is looking into how to replace foot pavers in the main street that are beginning to crumble and break.
15 Jul 10 | After over a decade working in health care in Oberon, supervisor of Hathaway Cottages Debbie Young is moving on.
15 Jul 10 | It is time for the community to gather together for a great day of footy and while they are at it, to raise awareness and funds for men's cancer.
15 Jul 10 | The main street of Oberon was lit with flashing lights around 3.30am on Sunday, July 11, as police, the fire brigade and ambulance officers attended a two-vehicle accident.
15 Jul 10 | The Oberon Ambulance will be cleaner than ever as it travels the local area saving peoples' lives, due to the giant new rain water tank which has been installed at the station.
15 Jul 10 | Today it is 40 years since Oberon local Robert Campbell received a kidney transplant that was expected to last around ten years, and he considers himself to be a very lucky man.
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