Local News

Sep
15
2025
By Newsroom
Housing Awards Finalists – Justin Power Constructions

Housing Awards Finalists – Justin Power Constructions

Local News
Justin Power Constructions is a local Glen Innes Building team who has been recognised for excellence in the construction industry. This year the team at Justin Power Constructions, submitted three entries into the 2025 HIA Northern NSW Housing and Kitchen & Bathroom Awards.   All three entries have been named finalists and now will compete against the industry’s best at the upcoming awards night, to be held in Coffs Harbour. The finalist categories are:- Finalist Country Home Finalist Custom Built Home Finalist Kitchen of the Year Justin said “Being named a finalist in multiple categories at the HIA Northern NSW Housing…
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Sep
11
2025
By Newsroom
A night of silk, rhythm and fire in the heart of the Highlands

A night of silk, rhythm and fire in the heart of the Highlands

Local News,
🌙✨ Shimmy in the Glen – Dance, Create, Evolve 2025 ✨🌙 On Saturday 13th, the Glen Innes Services Club will be transformed into a desert dream — a place where silk and shadow entwine, and the heartbeat of the drum calls you to journey eastward. Doors open at 5.30pm, with performances beginning from 6.00pm and the grand showtime at 6.30pm. Once each year, Glen Innes is gifted a jewel of a night: a shimmering spectacle where Australia’s finest bellydancers gather beneath our own lights. From the elegance of Egyptian classics to the fire of folkloric traditions, the pulse of sha’abi,…
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Sep
11
2025
By Eve Chappell
Our History – The Power House

Our History – The Power House

Local News
An Open Day on Sunday 20 September from 9am to 4pm is a great opportunity for us to tour and consider adaptive re-use of the Power House at the rear of the Town Hall. ‘Adaptive reuse is the process of repurposing old buildings for new uses while retaining their historic features.’ To briefly shed some light on our power history: In 1884 the streets were illuminated by 25 gas lamps, but lighting these could be dangerous. Lamplighter Henry Wheeler suffered a broken wrist 1897 when he was thrown from the horse he was standing on to light the lamp on…
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Sep
08
2025
By Newsroom
Another Strategy, Another Survey – You Can ‘Shape the Future’

Another Strategy, Another Survey – You Can ‘Shape the Future’

Council, Local News
Economic Development Strategy & Destination Management Plan Glen Innes Severn Council has once again brought in outside consultants – SC Lennon & Associates –fully funded, through a grant, to review and rewrite the town’s Economic Development Strategy and Destination Management Plan. The idea is to build on the last set of documents and produce something “visionary, practical and evidence-based”. According to Council, these two shiny new strategies will steer the region’s economic and tourism priorities for the next five years. In other words, another round of big-picture plans that may, or may not, translate into actual projects on the ground.…
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Sep
07
2025
By Newsroom
Huskies Set for 2025 Touch Football Season

Huskies Set for 2025 Touch Football Season

Local News, Sports
The Glen Innes Huskies are preparing to launch their 2025 touch football season, with strong growth in player numbers and representative honours highlighting the sport’s rapid rise in the region. All events are held at Wilson Park in Glen Innes. Since affiliating with NSW Touch Football last year, the local competition has gained access to statewide representative pathways, referee and coaching development, and organised tournaments. Club president Gus Macrae said affiliation was essential to give local players exposure. “We could see the talent and potential of so many kids in our town – they were missing out and needed to…
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Sep
05
2025
By Newsroom
ANNIVERSARY WEEKEND at Australian Standing Stones

ANNIVERSARY WEEKEND at Australian Standing Stones

Local News
The first of the Australian Standing Stones was raised on 7 September 1991, and the full array of 38 stones was completed in the following months. The monument was officially inaugurated on 1 February 1992. Each stone is made from local granite—three naturally occurring boulders and the rest quarried—with one-third of their height anchored below ground. The very first stone, the Alexander Stone, stands at the entrance to the Winter Solstice Sunrise Avenue. It is named after Peter Alexander, then Convenor of the Celtic Council of Australia, whose vision of a national monument honouring Australia’s Celtic heritage—sparked by the 1988…
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Sep
05
2025
By Annette Bain
Local Co-op Boosts Home Schooling Experience

Local Co-op Boosts Home Schooling Experience

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“People do ask if you are crazy” says Lama Butler about the reaction of some people when they find out that she is home-schooling her children. Lama is one of the growing number of parents who home school in NSW. Latest figures from Home Schooling Data Reports relating to 2024 indicate that numbers rose from 7032 in 2020 to 12,762 in 2024. Home schooling can sound far from crazy though when you realise that there are lifestyle benefits such as an end to shambolic mornings spent making school lunches, finding homework projects, sports uniforms and notes to sign before rushing…
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Sep
04
2025
By Megan Redfern
Friendly Faces, Helping Hands

Friendly Faces, Helping Hands

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Negotiating the health system, especially in a city foreign to you can be very challenging. Kelly Foran from Friendly Faces, Helping Hands knows this first hand. She was in a position where not only was she struggling with health issues, but she was pregnant with a child who also faced health problems. She was travelling from Bingara to Sydney on a regular basis. She and her husband were under immense pressure. Out of this complex situation, in 2011, the Friendly Faces, Helping Hands foundation was established. Its aim - to assist others who might find themselves in a similar situation…
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Sep
03
2025
By Megan Redfern
Being Different

Being Different

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Being different can be difficult at any age but is particularly challenging for a child.  That was the experience of Ron Webel, who as a child was bullied because of his serious stutter.  It not only impeded his ability to communicate but left him feeling very lonely amongst his peers. Ron is known around Glen Innes for his work with children and aged care residents.  He currently works as an education assistant and a bus driver at St. Josephs.  But for a long time he has wanted to write a book about his experience growing up. He has now published…
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