Sylvia Broderick, owner of Sylvia’s Fabrics and dedicated volunteer, has been named the Moree Plains Shire Senior Citizen for 2023.

Lia Edwards
Lia Edwards is a staff writer for the New England Times.
Buses replacing trains due to work on Inland Rail
Upcoming work on the train line will see Xplorer passengers catching buses to Sydney instead this week.
Narrabri students skill up to work on Inland Rail
Ten Narrabri Clontarf Academy students have completed a new three-day course to build their practical work skills and awareness.
F4CA welcomes moves to limit offsets
Farmers for Climate Action have welcomes amendments to the safeguard mechanism that will protect farmland.
Help take photos of native plants for uni research
UNSW is asking for assistance from citizen scientists in taking photos of native plants after they discovered there aren’t good pics of 4000 plants.
Giant koala ready for Autumn Parade
The Giant Koala sculpture that will be a highlight of this year’s Armidale Autumn Parade is now almost
complete and ready for its debut.
Sporting facilities get final election focus in Tamworth
In the last days of the election campaign, the leading candidates for Tamworth have both made announcements about sporting facilities.
Labor commits to upgrading local parks and playgrounds
NSW Labor have committed to investing $400,000 on playground and park upgrades if they win on Saturday.
New eNVD app for livestock consigments that works without internet
A new app for eNVD is allowing livestock producers to do their consignment paperwork digitally, even when they don’t have internet.
$1b innovation fund boost welcomed
NSW Farmers has welcomed a $1 billion commitment from the Liberal and Nationals to expand the Farm Innovation Fund if re-elected, while Labor has also committed to keeping the FIF.