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01 Sep 10 | TENTERFIELD Fire Brigade’s demo team are on their way to the NSW Fire Brigades Firefighter Championships at Tweed Heads on October 23.
01 Sep 10 | Peter Chittick has called Tenterfield home from the late 1970s, and since then he has dedicated much of his life to fundraising, raising money for everything from tsunami relief to the Westpac Rescue Helicopter. CHRIS WALKER reports.
01 Sep 10 | THE official fire danger period kicks off in a number of neighbouring regions today, with a reminder to people in the Tenterfield Shire the danger period has already been in force in the area since August 1.
01 Sep 10 | TENTERFIELD Shire Council has admitted the construction of kerbing and garden beds in Rouse Street was a costly mistake, with the whole exercise costing ratepayers more than half a million dollars.
01 Sep 10 | A TOURIST wildlife centre featuring platypus, echidnas and koalas, could go ahead on council land opposite Tenterfield TAFE.
25 Aug 10 | Gavin Hillier’s love of cars can be traced back more than 50 years. He remembers picking up tools to work on his first car at the age of 13. On that day, cars became his life. CHRIS WALKER reports.
25 Aug 10 | FORESTS NSW has been accused of committing breaches close to Tenterfield, in the Girard State Forest.
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25 Aug 10 | IN January this year, Pam Hair was travelling at almost 100km/h on her way to work, when a car pulled out at the Bruxner and New England Highway intersection, turning the drive into a nightmare.
25 Aug 10 | LOCAL residents Jock and Maureen Elder will celebrate their diamond anniversary tomorrow, representing 60 years of marriage.
25 Aug 10 | WORK on the Tenterfield Transport Museum is expected to get underway later this year.
25 Aug 10 | THE New England region has returned Independent Tony Windsor as a Member of Parliament in emphatic fashion, with an increased primary vote of 62.32 per cent, and a positive swing of 5.57 per cent.
18 Aug 10 | WALLANGARRA will say a sad farewell to long-service police sergeant Alan Lutter this month. DONNA WARD reports.
18 Aug 10 | FORMER Tenterfield resident Alison Durham celebrated her 80th birthday on Thursday.
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18 Aug 10 | TENTERFIELD schools have missed out on the first round of replacements of their unflued gas heaters, despite fears about air pollutants.
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18 Aug 10 | BUFFETING winds and icy temperatures followed torrential rain, as Tenterfield bore the brunt of severe weather last week.
18 Aug 10 | TANAMERAH Red Poll Stud has scooped the awards for the breed at the Brisbane Ekka this year.
18 Aug 10 | TWO chimneys were all that remained of a Tenterfield house, after fire completely levelled the home on Friday.
11 Aug 10 | MARK Palmer and David Koch recently completed the gruelling 96km Kokoda Trek, honouring David's grandfather Sergeant Gordon Manning, a Tenterfield soldier who served in New Guinea and Borneo during World War II. Here is Mark Palmer’s diary.
11 Aug 10 | A PLAN to seek Anzac centenary funding to turn Tenterfield’s town centre into a national monument has met with strong support from the Tenterfield Shire Council and RSL sub-branch.
11 Aug 10 | TENTERFIELD Shire Council will consider matching a $50,000 application for a $50,000 Community Partnership (CP) grant, which will see two major sports projects kicked off in Tenterfield.