Local News – Page 47 – Glen Innes News

Mar

01

2025

Kindy 2025: A New Chapter Begins

Local News, School NewsDeepwater Public School, Glen Innes Public School, Red Range Public School, St Josephs Primary School

Thursday 6th February 2025 was a momentous day for dozens of small children across the district, as they entered the world of big school for the first time with its promise of greater learning and lifelong friendships. With local schools ranging significantly in size, some children made up 50% of their two student Kindergarten class, while others in bigger schools joined one of two Kindergarten classes. Luckily our teachers are prepared for anything! Do you remember your first day at school? We ran a quick survey of our own memories of that all-important day. Several remembered what they ate; somebody…

Feb

28

2025

By Newsroom

Glen Innes Healthy Pet Day to Offer Free Veterinary Services

Local NewsGlen Innes Severn Council, Margot Davis, RSPCA

RSPCA NSW is set to host the Glen Innes Healthy Pet Day on Wednesday, 5 March 2025, providing vital veterinary services to eligible residents within the Glen Innes Severn Council area. The event will take place from 9:00 AM, with bookings essential to ensure access to services. The initiative aims to support pet owners by offering a range of free and subsidised veterinary services, including vaccinations, health checks, microchipping, and cat desexing. In addition to these, attendees will receive free pet care information, behaviour advice, and parasite prevention giveaways to help ensure the ongoing wellbeing of their animals. Owners of…

Feb

27

2025

By Newsroom

New Nurses To Boost Glen Innes Health Services

Local NewsHunter New England Local Health District, NSW Health

The Glen Innes community is set to benefit from an influx of new nurses, as part of a wider initiative to strengthen healthcare services across the Hunter New England Local Health District (HNELHD). A total of 237 graduate nurses and midwives have joined the District’s workforce under NSW Health’s GradStart program. The program provides new graduates with valuable hands-on experience across various clinical settings, including emergency departments, acute services, maternity services, and hospital clinics. Glen Innes is one of several regional communities welcoming new staff, alongside other locations such as Gunnedah, Moree, Scone, and Inverell. The arrival of these graduates…

Feb

27

2025

By Eve Chappell

Our Local History: St Josephs Convent

Local NewsOur Local History, St Josephs Convent

St Joseph’s Convent, that magnificent Edwardian Gothic edifice built 108 years ago and relinquished by the Church in 1995, is on the market again. I will quote just a scrap of its history from the Glen Innes Examiner of October 15, 1917, under the heading ‘A Triumph of Architectural Genius’: “…The first Sisters of the Order of St Joseph came from Adelaide and accompanied by Bishop Torreggiani arrived by coach in Glen Innes on 15th January 1884 … They intended to establish a first-class school straightaway, but owing to insufficient accommodation they were compelled to restrict their operations - however…

Feb

26

2025

By Pamela O'Neill

Catherine’s Story: from a Childhood on the Isle of Skye to Life in the Colony of New South Wales

Local NewsRed Range

Self-publishing books about one’s ancestors is an increasingly popular pastime. In many cases, it gives unrelated people with an interest in local history or broader social history the real treat of a thoroughly-researched insight into the past. Catherine’s Story, by Gail Barnes, is one of those cases. Barnes is the great-great-granddaughter of Catherine McKinnon-McDonald-Ballard of the book’s title. This is primarily a work of family history, but it is of considerable interest for those interested in the history of the Glen Innes district, or indeed in the history of nineteenth-century migration to Australia. Catherine was thirteen years old in 1837,…

Feb

25

2025

By Nick Grob

Sciatica: Symptoms and Solutions

Local News

What is sciatica? "Sciatica" is an umbrella term used to describe leg pain that originates from the lower back (lumbar spine). Traditionally, sciatica was thought to specifically relate to an irritation of the sciatic nerve caused by it being "pinched" or "compressed" as it exits the spine. However, this is now considered a quite primitive and reductionist definition, as we now understand people can experience sciatica symptoms for a number of other reasons that don't involve a true compression of the nerve itself. Signs and symptoms You may be suffering from sciatica if you experience: - pain that feels sharp,…

Feb

24

2025

By Newsroom

Council Works Program – Period Ending Friday 7th March 2025

Council, Local NewsCouncil Works Schedule, Glen Innes Airport, Glen Innes Severn Council

The following works are scheduled in the period ending Friday 7 March 2025 subject to weather conditions and unforeseen delays: Jetpatching in the Glen Innes Township Wellington Vale Road, ten Mile Road, Furracabad Road and West Furracabad Road; General street sweeping around the Glen Innes Township; The Roads Construction Crew will be working with the Drainage Crew at Glen Innes Airport and Wellington Vale Road; Maintenance grading is scheduled for Browns Road, Fern Hill Road, Crisps Road, Beardy Plains Road, Morven Road, Yahna Road and Nine Mile Road; The Heavy Patching Crew will be undertaking urban heavy patching a various locations as…

Feb

24

2025

By Megan Redfern

Here’s Cheers to 50 Years for Tyrepower Glen Innes

Local NewsTyrepower Glen Innes

Small businesses are the backbone of a rural community. Without them, access to goods and services would be severely limited and people would have to travel long distances to acquire what they need. Tyrepower Glen Innes is one example of a flourishing small business in this town. And 2025 is a special year for Tyrepower as they reach some important milestones. This year marks an amazing fifty years in the tyre and mechanical industry for the Cave family in Glen Innes, as well as thirty-one years for Matt Cave employed in and then owning the business. In 1975, Allan and…

Feb

24

2025

By Newsroom

Council To Investigate Local Clean Energy And Carbon Technology

Council, Local NewsDavid Scott, FOGO, Glen Innes Severn Council, Seata

At the most recent Ordinary Council meeting, Glen Innes Severn Council approved a motion directing council officers to prepare a report outlining the potential costs, benefits, and risks of investing in or forming a public-private partnership with local technology innovator, Seata. Seata, who have their research and development centre on West Furracabad Road in Glen Innes, have developed clean energy and carbon sequestration technology that uses advanced thermal treatment of carbon-based wastes diverted from landfill into valuable commodities. This patented carbon negative technology has the potential of locking up carbon in the form of Biochar, producing a synthetic gas (Syngas)…

Feb

23

2025

By Newsroom

Men’s Shed Supporting Locals

Local NewsCan Assist, Glen Innes Mens Shed, Glen Innes News, Karinya, Minerama

The Glen Innes Men's Shed have always been a strong supporter of local charities and organisations. Last week through the generous support of the local community they we able to make a new round of donations: $1,000 to Karinya a local, self funded elderly housing project $2,000 to Can Assist which does a great job assisting with transportation costs etc of local cancer patients. $1,100 Minerama Sponsorship to help with the organisation and running of this important local event. $1,000 to Glen Innes News who provide a valuable resource in keeping us informed about events in our local community. The…