Emergency workers have been applauded for giving up their Christmas, but with one eye on a looming election some just couldn't keep the politics out of their Christmas Messages this year.
An Extraordinary General Meeting of Moree Plains Shire Council has seen Councillor Kelly James being evicted from the meeting, and ended with the announcement that General Manager Kelvin Tytherleigh will be leaving the role in a matter of weeks.
New England Times' own Kate Brown is in Canada for a little while with her family, and can't see her own news stories on Facebook due to the Meta news ban there.
There is really something quite extraordinary about the collusion between Armidale Regional Council members to vote down a motion to recognise Indigenous owners of the land on signs as you enter the LGA.
