2025 Federal Election – New England Candidates

Meet the candidates for the seat of New England in the 2025 Federal Election.
Fatal Crash At Owens Gap – Scone

A woman has died in a two vehicle crash in the state’s Hunter Valley. About 3:55pm yesterday (Friday 4 October 2024), emergency services were called to Bunnan Road, Owens Gap, 22kms west of Scone, following reports a Mitsubishi Lancer had collided with a Nissan Navara. Officers from Hunter Valley Police District attended and were told […]
Call for Curby Support in Scone

BY DI SNEDDON Scone residents are being urged to show support for a new soft plastics reclamation program called for by Scone Tidy Towns. Tidy Towner Clare Allanson is working on an initiative to trial the introduction of Curby in the Upper Hunter Shire that members believe will be a game changer for sustainability in […]
Issue 77 (July 2, 2023)

DeVrye delivers inspiring speech

BY ALEX TIGANI
The stars aligned across the Upper Hunter last month when Catherine DeVrye shared her Australia Day address in Scone.
Voting Continues Slowly in Local Government Elections

Only a handful of votes appear to have been counted yesterday in the Local Government Elections for Muswellbrook, Singleton and Upper Hunter.
Women shine in the Upper Hunter

BY JEM ANSHAW
More than a dozen women from the Upper Hunter Shire have had their names included on the 2020 Hidden Treasures Honour Roll by the NSW Department of Primary Industries Rural Women’s Network.