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Cheesemaker has Coolamon in mind

6:30 AM | THIRTEEN years of cheese-making history will come to an end this afternoon when Barry Lillywhite closes the doors to the Charles Sturt University cheese factory for the final time. But instead of walking away from the profession that has earned Mr Lillywhite national recognition, he will instead move on to his new project – establishing a cheese factory in Coolamon.

News - General

Premiers face-off for shield

6:30 AM | FARRER League premier The Rock-Yerong Creek will get the chance to pit itself against the best in the business when it takes on Ganmain-Grong Grong-Matong in the Charity Shield next month. AFL Riverina yesterday released the details about the annual pre-season showcase with the two respective premiers set to battle it out on Narrandera Sportsground on March 24.

Sport - Football - Australian Rules

Griffith salons applaud state ban on solariums

6:30 AM | STATE government legislation to ban tanning beds has come too late for most of Griffith’s beauty salons – they’ve already moved on to safer tanning practices. The state government announced on Saturday it would introduce legislation to ban commercial solariums by the end of 2014, acknowledging the link between the units and skin cancer.

News - General

Parr confident of better year

6:30 AM | GRIFFITH Black and Whites president Steve Parr said the club is working overtime during its pre-season training to put the demons of recent seasons behind them.

Sport - Rugby League

Schools name 2012 captains

6:30 AM | Coleambally Central School has named its primary and high school captains for 2012.

News - General

No Idea dominates Doggies

6:30 AM | THE Coleambally Nomads cricket club annual Australia Day Six-A-Side tournament was played on Sunday, January 29.

Sport - Cricket

Miracle baby

6:00 AM | BORN on the side of the road, in the back of an ambulance on Monday afternoon, Raphael Vrbiak is lucky to be alive. After the horrific birthing experience of her first two children, Noah and Jack, Amie Vrbiak was warned that she only had a 60 per cent chance of delivering Raphael naturally.

News - General

Kimberly contacts police

6:00 AM | KIMBERLY Poulsen was yesterday found safe and sound, days after she was reported missing from her Sydney home and believed to have been headed for Junee. Ms Poulsen was reported missing from the inner-west suburb of Earlwood, where she lives at the Earlwood Hotel, at the weekend.

News - General

Bulldogs are ready to fight

6:00 AM | BULLDOGS assistant coach Brett Kimmorley believes Canberra Raiders will bring some of their long-lost pizzazz to the NRL trial game at Equex Centre on February 18. The former Kangaroos halfback was in Wagga yesterday as part of the NRL’s Community Carnival, but took the time to talk rugby league with The Daily Advertiser.

Sport - Rugby League

Rent scam rip-off

6:00 AM | RUTHLESS landlords are earning up to $2000 a week in rent for a single home by slugging backpackers “obscene amounts” to live in overcrowded quarters, a whistleblower has claimed. The predatory practice, widespread in the district, sees landlords prey on vulnerable harvest labour workers, many who have just arrived in the country or are working illegally.

News - General

Musical chairs for schools’ principals

6:00 AM | LOCAL school principals are playing their own version of musical chairs. Two weeks into the new school year, students and parents will have noticed a number of new faces leading the way – many of whom have moved on from other schools in the area.

News - General

Price returns to sky-high form

6:00 AM | IF Toby Price’s opposition needed any more confirmation the former Australian champion is back to full health, they only need to look at this photo.

Sport - Other

Cotton gin near completion

6:00 AM | WITH the cotton harvest fast approaching, the construction of a cotton gin at Whitton is on track for an April deadline. It is expected the gin will be able to start receiving cotton on that date in what is tipped to be a bumper crop. In October last year, the development application, which was lodged by a consortium of cotton growers from the area, was unanimously approved by Leeton Shire Council.

News - General

Education boost

6:00 AM | THIS year 14 applicants were successful in receiving grants towards their costs for university and TAFE courses in 2012. These costs include such items as accommodation, travel, texts, internet fees, university student and amenities fee and specialist equipment.

News - General

‘Dunny seat’ dash raises cash for kids

6:00 AM | THE Coleambally “Business House Relay” was held at the Coleambally town pool on Sunday. Supporting the fundraiser to assist a group of local children to travel to Uluru to meet up with other Fusion Groups from all over Australia were the Commonwealth Bank, Coly Electrical, Hi-Trac, Annie G’s, Coleambally Newsagency, Pasco Maintenance, Akazien Hof, Coleambally Auto, Tim’s Meats, Marilyn’s Pharmacy and the Coly Irrigation social club.

Sport - Swimming

'T change': Finding a home in the country

4:45 AM | The Tenterfield Star continues its T change series, taking a look at two families who have made the shift to Tenterfield.

News - General

Summer fun for Festive Frenzy winner

4:42 AM | THE Petrie family will be off to Yamba after they won The Tenterfield Star’s Festive Frenzy competition that ran during December.

News - General

Disaster status for shire

4:41 AM | TENTERFIELD has been included on a list of disaster zone areas and will be eligible for thousands of dollars in funding to fix local roads and bridges damaged by recent rainfall.

News - General

Work together, says Torbay

4:37 AM | MEMBER for Northern Tablelands Richard Torbay has urged Tenterfield Shire councillors to work constructively in the lead up to the elections, dismissing calls for administrators to be brought in.

News - General

Election looms for councillors

4:35 AM | RECENT turmoil in the Tenterfield Shire Council chambers has moved several councillors to adopt a wait-and-see attitude on whether they will again run for office in their respective wards when the current term ends in September this year, although others will not seek re-election after many years of service.

News - General