Jesse Glover set to dive in at the Shine shield. As the region prepares for the return of the Shine Shield, to be held in January of next year, Boorowa has rejoined the competition, after a decade long break. The competition was founded by Boorowa, alongside Binalong and Yass, in 1966, and it allows teams… Keep Reading
2017 award recipients: Peter Steinke (McLean Gold Cup winner) Ron Page (C Grade Champion) Herb Manwaring (4BBB Champion) Kevin Hoppe (Veteran Champion and G.O. Kruger Scratch) Ben Glover (Club Champion and Foursomes Scratch) Michael Baldry (4BBB partner Herb) John Hawkins (Men’s Foursomes partner Ben Glover) Keep Reading
Rod Howe, Bill Allen, Stan Murray, Felicity Howe, Beth and Haylee Allen and Mark Silk at the Harden Hunting Club awards ceremony at the Bowling Club in December. The Harden Gun Club has celebrated the end of another highly successful season, holding their annual presentation on Sunday. The day was a successful one, and saw… Keep Reading
Racing New South Wales has released its top 10 Racing NSW moments for 2017, with local horse Chloe’s Puppet coming in at 4th place. She is amongst some legendary company including Redzel, Chautauqua, Winx and She Will Reign. 4. Chloe’s Puppet (Heavenly win) “There will be no better win in Australasia today,” country caller Alan… Keep Reading
John Taylor recently presented the Westmead Children’s Hospital Oncology Unit (Bear Cottage) with a cheque for $414 as a result of the auction that was held at the commencement of last year’s Murrumburrah- Harden Show. The auction saw items from the pavilion and wood from the woodchop auctioned off with the funds going to a… Keep Reading
It’s a liberating feeling when you close your jam packed boot, pull out of your driveway and your GPS starts giving you directions to your holiday destination. You are now on the road! There’s nothing worse, however, when the car breaks down because you haven’t prepared properly for a road trip. “Many drivers unfortunately don’t… Keep Reading
Society of Precision Agriculture Australia EXPO 2017 held at Lockhart. Local community groups will be able to undertake a wide range of projects from natural resource management and cultural heritage in the landscape to on-farm biosecurity planning following the announcement of the Riverina Local Land Services 2017-18 Community Grants Funding Program. The successful groups range… Keep Reading
What a year! 2017 saw the Hilltops Choir formed in January, the building of its repertoire with some challenging pieces and performances on six occasions in Young and district. Musical director Rodney Clancy, with the assistance of our accompanist Stewart Bruce, has encouraged, guided and polished our performances with artistic flare. To finish off the… Keep Reading
Popular local paramedic Stuart Bradshaw and wife Rowena are about to depart from the Twin Towns for Bomaderry which is near Nowra and closer to family on the south coast. Stuart’s last day was Tuesday December 12. Stuart and Rowena have been in Harden for the past 3 and a half years and have enjoyed… Keep Reading
Overnight on Friday the 22 December, 2017, a rural property at Wombat was broken into. The thieves gained access to a gun safe and stole two rifles, as well as ammunition, two motorcycles and a ride on lawn mower. As a result of the investigation, Police from Young have recovered all the property, as well… Keep Reading
Former Editor Matthew Stadtmiller stepped down as editor of the Twin Town Times in September this year after becoming the candidate for the Shooters Fishers and Farmers Party, for the seat of Cootamundra. Adrian and Trish Stadtmiller took over as co-editors for the remainder of 2017 and ensured that the Times would continue to operate… Keep Reading
The death has occurred of Mrs Jennifer Louise Molloy. Passed away unexpectedly on the 16th December 2017. Much loved wife of Graham, Cherished daughter of Wendy and Warren. Survived by her loving sisters and brothers in law Leanne and Damien, and Catherine and Craig. Loved daughter in law of Bob and Helen, and sister in… Keep Reading
This Friday December 22 Vinnies will see a visit from the North Pole’s most famous couple in Mr and Mrs Santa Claus. They will be at Vinnies from 1:00pm to 4:00pm with toys and lollies for the kids. There will be 50% off for the entire day on everything from toys to clothes to bric-a-brac. Keep Reading
Lily Kinder (USA), Lewis Grange (Coolac) Heidi & Ben Grange (Binalong). Wombat held their second annual Day On The Grass over the weekend, benefiting from a day of beautiful weather and drawing a sizeable crowd of people. The event, which was first held last year, saw an eclectic group of artists and bands converge on… Keep Reading
As the citizenship drama continues to engulf politicians on all sides, Riverina MP Michael McCormack has had his eligibility questioned. All MP’s were required to have submitted their citizenship declaration last week, and Labor believes Mr McCormack’s submission does not provide enough evidence that he does not hold dual citizenship. Mark Dreyfus, Labor’s legal affairs… Keep Reading
Flexible Care Chairman Stewart Bruce with Shirley Stevens who won $8000 worth of travel in the Flexible Care Hello World raffle, run by Flexible Care in 2017. Winning ticket #s Shirley – 00683. Minehans – 01569. Murrumburrah Harden Flexible Care Services drew the winners of their massive raffle over the weekend, at the Harden Country… Keep Reading
Harden’s Daniel Pumpa hit this ball for four as the Dalton umpire and a Hereford steer watch on. After an absence of a couple of weeks due to inclement weather, our local Cricket team once again bounced back into gear, this time on the exceptionlly green Doolan Oval, due to a week of heavy rain.… Keep Reading
Michael ‘Changa’ Shea with daughter Bec Shea after Cantbuybetter stormed home to win the Listed Brisbane Handicap on Saturday. Michael, Judy and Bec Shea have continued to reap the rewards of a spectacular 2017, with their horse, Cantbuybetter, winning the Listed Brisbane Handicap. The horse went into the race, which is held at Doomben Racecourse… Keep Reading
The staff at the Twin Town Times would like to thank all of our loyal readers and local businesses for their continued support throughout 2017 and over the last 4 years. We started the TTT because we wanted the twin towns and surrounds to have their own independently run community newspaper. A newspaper they can… Keep Reading
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