Tanya Marschke

The ballot order has been revealed for September election.

The new preschools will be based at local primary schools.

School musicians perform in Make Music Day concert in Orange.

For the first time a valuer will attend Zonta Orange’s 40 and Fabulous Antique, Jewellery and Collectibles Fair. The fair has become an annual fixture on the Orange calendar for the past 40 years. The milestone anniversary will be celebrated at the gala on Friday, June 14, 2024, at the Orange Function Centre. Zonta Orange member Elizabeth Sarks joined the club this past year but has attended the fair many times in the past. “This is the 40th year straight, that’s why it’s being called Fabulous a…

Music is being used as a form of medicine at a new clinic that’s opened in Orange. Registered music therapist Emily Thorburn has started Music In Mind Music Therapy which operates out of the Orange Regional Conservatorium. “We’re so lucky to have this tool of music to be able to connect with people, it’s almost an instant way to build rapport with somebody and for us both to feel at ease and it’s a real leveller, the nuts and bolts of human connection,” Mrs Thorburn said. “I feel like we are re…

Seeing the different experiences and how people approach their situations led an Orange-based midwife to become a psychologist to help individuals and couples through their reproductive journey. Dr Joanne Lawrence-Bourne has worked throughout Australia, including in the Torres Strait, Sydney and Canberra, in the public and private sectors in different fields, including at one stage as an air hostess. For 20 years she worked as a midwife but several years into that career she decided to become a…

Tears of joy were shed among the first ticket purchasers.

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Firefighters respond to grass fires and a burnt kayak in Orange.