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06/05/2024

May 6, 2024By Peter HolmesA teen has been charged following an investigation into multiple alleged break and enters in the state’s Central West."Officers attached to Central West Police District commenced an investigation following reports of multiple alleged break and enters at homes in the Orang...

30/04/2024

April 30, 2024The alleged stabbing occurred hereabouts on Saturday. Google Street View.By Peter HolmesCharges have been laid following an alleged stabbing in Orange on Saturday."About 2.30pm on Saturday (April 27, 2024), emergency services were called to Dalton Street, Orange, following reports of a...

26/04/2024

Paul Saunders, the owner of The Village on Summer, tells us he still plans to build a hotel on Summer Street, but that construction costs have blown out by 50 percent. He's looking at different ways of making it happen.

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April 26, 2024Image from original renderings by DBI.By Peter HolmesThe owner of The Village on Summer Street says the proposed hotel at the front of the shopping will be built, but only when commercially viable. Paul Saunders from BMPS88 was responding to a story in The Orange News Examiner about th...

26/04/2024

Early on Anzac Day police visited a home in Orange to speak to a boy about a bail breach. Three teens were arrested ...

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April 26, 2024By Peter HolmesIt was about 12;30am on Anzac Day (April 25, 2024) when police attended a home in Orange "to speak with a boy for breaching his bail".A short time later three boys – aged 14, 15, and 16 – were arrested and taken to Orange Police Station."During a search of the boys, ...

24/04/2024

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April 24, 2024(Top left) Billyliks on Wednesday. Copyright: Orange News Examiner. Pastries: Billyliks' Facebook.By Peter HolmesEighteen months after launching the premium bakery and gelato shop Billyliks in The Village on Summer Street, owner Matt Chimenti has pulled the plug.The bakery sold an arra...

24/04/2024

Councillors have already rejected a large supermarket at Bloomfield, but now a smaller version has been pitched. However planning rules will have to change to allow it to go ahead.

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April 24, 2024By Peter HolmesA supermarket at the Bloomfield Medical Centre is back on the agenda, with Orange City Council (OCC) considering amending its own Local Environment Plan to allow such a development.Council is seeking public comment on the change, as a “neighbourhood supermarket” is c...

24/04/2024

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April 24, 2024Images from the DA.By Peter HolmesThe man behind a proposed three-building, five-bedroom farmstay development on Canobolas Road says he will limit the number of bookings if the development application (DA) is approved.A DA - which includes converting an aircraft hangar into two-bed acc...

22/04/2024

FIFO workers will be flown from Brisbane to Orange in new charter deal.

April 22, 2024Photos: NJE. Graphic: Orange News Examiner.By Peter HolmesCharter flight operator National Jet Express (NJE) is launching a weekly service between Brisbane and Orange on an 82-seat aircraft to cater for Fly-In, Fly-Out (FIFO) mine workers at Cadia.Perth-based NJE, which is owned by Rex...

22/04/2024

A 29-year-old man has been charged with murder following the discovery of a deceased woman, aged 28, in Forbes around 2am today.
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April 22, 2024Information released by NSW Police. Google Maps. Graphic: Orange News Examiner.By Peter HolmesA 29-year-old man has been charged with murder after a woman was located deceased in the state’s Central West overnight."Just after 2am today (Monday 22 April 2024), emergency services were ...

18/04/2024

Hostel rooms would comprise a bedroom, living room with small kitchenette, and bathroom. And the developer says fortnightly fees would be pegged to the aged pension.
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17/04/2024

Apology to Uncle Neil Ingram

Wiradjuri Elder, Uncle Neil Ingram, was named without his permission in a recent $1,926 grant application to Orange City Council - Wiradjuri Country.
The application was for a community event, and the grant was approved during Tuesday night's council meeting.
Uncle Neil had no knowledge of the event, nor had he been approached to be involved. He says he is extremely hurt by his name being used in the application.
The organiser of the event, Lewis Bird, has apologised to Uncle Neil.
Full story at The Orange News Examiner.

April 17, 2024By Peter HolmesA grant application approved by Orange City Council on Tuesday night incorrectly named Wiradjuri Elder Uncle Neil Ingram as being involved in a community event that was benefitting from the funding.The man behind the event has apologised to Uncle Neil, and said he didn't...