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THE TAFE NSW Scone Connected Learning Centre has provided one Sconeite, Kea Connolly, the pathway to her dream career. Ms Connolly was one of the first students to take advantage of the range of new courses available in Scone and after embarking on a personal education journey with TAFE in 2019, she landed a job at HammondCare. Kea said […]
SCONE is actively testing for COVID-19 but how does the horse capital compare to the rest of the Upper Hunter? According to the NSW COVID-19 Heat Map, Sconeites are getting tested more frequently than and Singleton and Muswellbrook residents but less than their Aberdeen and Murrurundi neighbours. Health care workers continue to encourage residents […]
SCONE resident Mr Pete Tullia has been dealing with a sinkhole in his backyard since December last year. (Read: Sink Hole In Scone Backyard.) Since then, the Upper Hunter Council and NRMA have sent in engineers to identify what has caused the 8.6 meter-deep hole at his residence. Mr Tullia is currently awaiting the results […]
THE first dawn service in Australia consisted of a handful of veterans coming together to remember their mates. While the pandemic has meant we can not gather together today in person, a few of our veterans laid wreaths at the war memorials in Scone, played the last post, raised the flag and paused for a […]
AT approximately 9:20pm last night a 20 year old male driver from Merriwa careered over the Middlebrook roundabout, hit the medium strip and became airborne, then colliding with a guide rail and coming to a stop at the top of the gully. The police report states the driver had momentarily looked down before driving over […]
By Taylah Fellows THE Scone Literary Festival will be back better than ever next year thanks to a $10,000 donation from Council’s Tourism Budget. The Festival will return for a sixth consecutive year on March 13 to 15, 2020, drawing in crowds from throughout Australia. At this month’s Council meeting Councillors Sue Abbott, Kiwa Fisher […]
THE whirlwind tour of the Lexus Melbourne Cup swept through the Upper Hunter this week, beginning with a lavish morning tea with the community at Godolphin where people could hold the Cup and celebrate the horses’ birthday and Lonhro’s 21st. The Cup then moved on to Aberdeen Primary school, White Park, Strathearn House, the Bill […]
By Taylah Fellows THE Westpac Rescue Helicopter Service is coming to town on Saturday, August 10 for a fundraiser dinner at the Sporties Club. Attendees can share a meal and swap stories with Westpac chief executive officer Richard Jones and veteran aircrew officer Graham Nickisson, who are looking forward to returning to Scone for the […]