28 Mar 02 |
The State Government's tax on bookmakers' racing and sports betting will be abolished at the end of this month.
28 Mar 02 | Ladies held their season opening day on Wednesday last week at 9am.
28 Mar 02 | Twenty four swimmers from the local swimming club competed in the club championship night on Friday.
28 Mar 02 | The Rotary District Conference was held in Lightning Ridge for the first time last weeknd.
28 Mar 02 | One of the first in many city and country exchanges to take place this year was held in Walgett on Thursday by the Australian Theatre for Young People (ATYP), in conjunction with the Walgett Shire Council.
28 Mar 02 | The Ridge is primed for one of its biggest Easters yet with a feast of festivities organised to keep locals and visitors entertained during the holiday.
21 Mar 02 | This week Tom Kaminskas gives us the low down on how to catch one of the most common and popular seafood fares:
21 Mar 02 | The Lightning Ridge Pool and Snooker Club recently had its annual general meeting and appointed a new committee just before the start of the season.
21 Mar 02 | Two students from the Uechi-Ryu Karate school have successfully completed their grading.
21 Mar 02 | The season has finally come around again as could be seen by the turn up for the opening day three-person ambrose on Sunday.
21 Mar 02 | Bega artist Liz Waller made her first trip to Lightning Ridge and the Grawin opal fields last March.
21 Mar 02 | The issues affecting rural and remote parents in accessing an appropriate education for their children was debated at the 30th annual Isolated Children's Parents' Association Conference in Armidale earlier this week.
21 Mar 02 | Local shop owner Gail Kuivalainen decorated her shopfront window with green and orange balloons and streamers on Friday in the lead up to St Patrick's Day.
21 Mar 02 | More than 500 delegate are expected to converge on the Ridge this weekend for the Rotary District Conference.
13 Mar 02 | District veterinarian, Dr Enid Coupe, said she was annoyed that the Walgett Shire Council had chosen a ranger from outside the shire to conduct microchipping clinics in the villages of Grawin, Burren Junction and Carinda recently.
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