MORE than five decades of service and dedication with Fire and Rescue NSW has come to a close for Paul Hartley. After starting his firefighting duties with Gunnedah Station 314 on 15 June 1974, Mr Hartley marked the end of his service last week and ended his tenure as a brigade deputy captain. His name will now go in the history books as the station’s longest serving firefighter. It’s an achievement that will take great difficulty for anyone else to surpass. His extensive service was also acknowledged by Fire and Rescue commissioner Jeremy Fewtrell AFSM who called Mr Hartley personally […]

A councillor’s push to stop a tender process for a potential external operator to provide swimming pool operations has been unable to proceed. Cr Linda Newell sought to rescind an earlier decision to enter into an expression of interest process for the management of the Gunnedah Memorial Pool Complex. Gunnedah Shire Council agreed at the March meeting to proceed to a selective tender process with Leisure and Recreation Group and Belgravia Leisure in relation to the operation of the pool. The council also agreed for the tender outcomes to return to councillors for consideration. The matter was heard in closed […]