Local News
10:56 AM AEDT | Post Office Hotel ended Outdoors First's cricket season last Saturday with a seven wicket victory...
10:54 AM AEDT | Forbes women turned out in force for International Women's Day last Sunday....
10:51 AM AEDT | It has only taken just over a week for Forbes to exceed its average rainfall for March...
10:50 AM AEDT | Volunteers helped make Clean Up Australia Day a success in Forbes last weekend...
10:48 AM AEDT | Julie Virtue from Forbes' respite care facility Havannah House was one of the finalists in the recent NSW Woman of the Year award...
10:45 AM AEDT | Forbes Mayor Phyllis Miller has welcomed the launch of the biomass co-firing trial in the shire...
04 Mar 10 | Starting today, Rotary BowelScan kits will be available from Winstanley and Flannery’s Pharmacies.
04 Mar 10 | Students from Forbes High School and Red Bend Catholic College will pit their skills against competitors from across the central west today as the Mid-Lachlan Science and Engineering Challenge gets underway.
04 Mar 10 | It was an impressive sight when a 450 tonne transformer passed through Forbes yesterday at 11.15am.
04 Mar 10 | Clean Up Australia Day will be held this Sunday and volunteers are now being sought.
04 Mar 10 | In July last year Forbes’ Wiradjuri Dreaming Centre was making headlines for being one of the first such facilities in the state.
02 Mar 10 | In a press conference held last Friday week (Feburary 19), Minister for Environment, Heritage and the Arts Peter Garrett axed the Federal Governments $2.5 billion home insulation program.
02 Mar 10 | Pastor Julie Virtue of Forbes for being named among the top 10 finalists for the NSW Woman on the Year Award.
02 Mar 10 | The final blocks in the Landrace Road Industrial subdivision will be put to a public auction in June.
02 Mar 10 | While smokers in Bathurst are now required to butt out in all children’s playgrounds and sporting venues, Forbes Shire Council has confirmed it will continue to allow smoking in these areas.
25 Feb 10 | Following the success of the Ben Hall Festival in 2009, organisers Misty Gardner and Leigh Bartholomaeus are gearing up for an even more arresting 2010 event.
25 Feb 10 | Jo Mattiske’s singing and acting abilities were formally acknowledged on Saturday night at the 15th Canberra Area Theatre (CAT) Awards gala night.
23 Feb 10 | “Thank you very much for your wonderful friendships and patronage,” is Colleen Gunn’s message to all of her customers in the Forbes and Parkes district.
23 Feb 10 | Saturday, February 13 marked the start of a new era at Painted Daisies when new owner Ann Tildsley opened the doors to her first day.
23 Feb 10 | The Fag Free and Fabulous in Forbes program was launched in Victoria Park last Thursday.