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For a second time this year a fire has erupted at the Glen Innes landfill site, leaving the council to believe they are being deliberately lit. At approximately 10:30pm on Saturday night two fire brigade units, two Rural Fire Service units and Glen Innes Severn Council's compactor attended the scene. Fire Captain Earl Sharman said the fire was relatively small and located close to the roadway in the general area, which meant the fire did not spread too deep and was quick to extinguish. Glen Innes Seve  

SANDBACH Town Council will hold its Annual Town Meeting on Wednesday, March 3. The meeting at the Town Hall in High Street from 7.30pm is a chance for councillors to update residents on the authority's work over the last 12 months. There will also be a chance for residents to ask any questions and raise issues with members.  

Hear the expression "bored to death" and you are unlikely to take it literally. But according to scientists tedium really could be taking years off your live. In a study of more than 7,000 civil servants over the course of 25 years, researchers discovered that those who complained of regular boredom were almost 40 per cent more likely to die younger.

It is important that people who have dull jobs find outside interests to keep boredom at bay, rather than turn to drinking or smoking.   -Graham Price

 

It is not quite a story of cabbages and kings, at least not if you deny that status to such quintessential English heroes as Jonny Wilkinson and Richard Sharp, but when the corporate and nationalistic hoopla of Twickenham's 100th anniversary reaches a potentially dismaying peak today there is surely the strongest obligation to remember a Russian prince. This is despite the fine historical symmetry in the appearance of Wales, England's first opponents at the now hallowed bastion after it was converted fro  

The number of dog attacks in Glen Innes and across the state has fallen in the past three months, according to the latest report from the State Government's Dog Attack Register, released last week. There were 793 dog attacks across NSW from October to December. Two of those attacks occurred in Glen Innes, with an additional incident recorded in January.

The message from these statistics is clear   -Barbara Perry

 

Children are being asked to remember their manners when riding their new Christmas presents such as skateboards, scooters, push bikes and the new fad, rip sticks. They are also being encouraged to think of the potential dangers if they hit someone while riding in the Main Street especially an elderly person. Council's Director of Development and Environmental Services Graham Price said that there are no actual laws against riding skateboards and scooters along the footpath.

Children are advised to ride their boards in the designated areas such as ramps and skate parks.   -Graham Price

 

The importance of wetlands across the Maitland area will become apparent next month on World Wetlands Day. World Wetlands Day is celebrated every year, on February 2, to mark the anniversary of the signing of the Convention on Wetlands of International Importance in Ramsar, Iran, in 1971. Maitland residents are encouraged to join in the celebrations this year during a wetlands awareness day at Tenambit's Earthcare Park on February 6. "The response from local community groups wanting to be involved i  

Further calls have come from the community for more stringent laws on dogs being suitably enclosed at night after a pet sheep and goat were killed late last year. Heartbroken Glen Innes resident Kerry Walsh approached the Examiner after her pets Nancy a three-year-old goat and Geoppry the five-year-old sheep were mauled to death on her six foot fenced quarter acre property. The attack came just two weeks after her pair of Mallard ducks and their 14 ducklings were also viciously attacked and killed.  

Pamela Gaskins of New Bern announces the engagement of her daughter, Lonni Beth Gaskins of New Bern, to Graham Price of Cove City. She is also the daughter of the late Ralph Gaskins. The bridegroom-elect is the son of David and Sharon Price of Cove City. The bride-elect attends Craven Community College. The bridegroom-elect graduated from Sunrise Academy and is employed by Air Tech Mechanical.  

GLEN Innes Severn Council has ordered the demolition of two buildings in Grey St after a fire destroyed the buildings a month ago. The demolition notice was given due to concerns for the safety of the public and future occupants of the buildings. "The buildings are so dilapidated that they are a danger to the safety of occupants and persons entering the property," development and environmental services director Graham Price said.

The buildings are so dilapidated that they are a danger to the safety of occupants and persons entering the property   -Graham Price