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What made news in the past week? Take a look through this gallery.&nbsp;

DUBBO: Nursing Unit Manager Mary McCarthy and Dubbo Health Service Nurse Sue McNicol.	Photo: BELINDA SOOLE.

ORANGE: Orange mother Laura Hannan is encouraging women in the central west to become egg donors. Photo: JUDE KEOGH

BATHRUST: Mayor Gary Rush opens Bathurst Regional Council's new Bathurst200 pop up store. Photo: PHILL MURRAY 

MUDGEE: Edna Page celebrated her 102nd birthday on Monday with son Peter Page and daughter Pam grieve at her side.


COWRA: Kerrie Platt and her grandson Malakye Davison have encountered serious safety issues while using disabled car parking.

DUBBO: Sticks and Stones owner Gladys Hubbard spent the morning cleaning up after a theft yesterday morning. In the background a forensics officer dusts for fingerprints. Photo: BELINDA SOOLE

ORANGE: BAD MEDICINE: Colour City Medical practice receptionist Tasha Cregan and office manager Jenny Chambers have signed a petition against changes to Medicare rebates. Photo: MARK LOGAN 

NARROMINE: Narromine local Nicole Gillette has suffered from multiple sclerosis for the past five years. Photo: GRACE RYAN

BATHURST:  Elizabeth and Bishop Ian Palmer tread the path they will walk between Bathurst and Dubbo. Photo: CHRIS SEABROOK 

ORANGE: Georgia Kiel (third from left), with Stella and Peter Kiel, Canobolas Rural Technology High School principal Chad Bliss, John Betts, Eliza Betts, Sue Betts, council community development officer Lynda Bowtell and mayor John Davis, was delighted to win the Orange City Council youth of the month award.

PARKES: local police joined in the spirit of the Elvis Festival, and it was very much appreciated by visitors.


NARROMINE: Petra Mellor sells the McGrath Foundation Merchandise at the Pink Pigeon Racing event. 


DUBBO: Joanne Elliott with her son Jake out the front of their Geurie home after a semi-trailer crashed into it. Photo: BELINDA SOOLE


LITHGOW: Volunteers like Steve Shaw have been working tirelessly at the Zig Zag Railway's destroyed workshop


DUBBO: Lana Barclay, Erin Barclay, Grace Bowen, Joshua Mohr and Donna Spillane.Photo: HANNAH SOOLE


BATHURST: Norwood Park general manager Stephen Beer is set to embark on a $350,000 landscaping project at the local crematorium, which has had instant acceptance from the local community. 

COWRA: Jan Mountford, Merewether, with Gwen Huard, Norma Anton and Joan Smith, all of Charlestown enjoyed the Cowra Breakout Country Music Festival.

FORBES: Forbes Business Chamber’s marketing and events coordinator Katrina Ferguson (left) and president Stuart Thomas (right) are behind Forbes Shire Council’s move to begin parking patrols in the CBD. They are pictured with council ranger Andrew Hubbard

 ORANGE: Orange Regional Gallery director Lisa Loader is looking forward to the variety of exhibitions that will be displayed this year. Photo: MARK LOGAN	


PARKES: Parkes woman, Kristy Berry (left) and family friend, Molly Pacitti (from Vincentia) enjoyed the street parade as carnival cyclists. It was Molly’s second festival - and she said she is coming back every year!


BATHURST: Bathurst mayor Gary Rush with the State Emergency Service’s Craig Ronan and new SES commissioner Adam Dent. Photo: PHILL MURRAY 


ORANGE:  Zac, Alanna, Toby, Bronie and Jean Condon know the importance of getting basic driving skills under their belts before they hit the roads alone. Photo: JUDE KEOGH.

DUBBO: Symphony Rain listening to James Daymond, Wahrick Billinghurst and Shane Riley. Photo: HANNAH SOOLE

 ORANGE: Orange Art Society exhibition coordinators Tony Kennedy and Neil Skinner are encouraging central west artists to enter the Banjo Paterson Australian Poetry Festival art exhibition. Photo: MARK LOGAN 


WELLINGTON: Police cordoned off three streets in their pursuit of a man in Wellington. 

DUBBO: Robin's Nest Cafe owner Sally Hopkins and art teacher Dr Sandra Gaffney with the awesome board.	Photo: HANNAH SOOLE

BATHURST: Generational Gormans Hill market gardener Michael Cook has been making hay while the sun shines. He is perched on some of the 1600 bales of silage he’s been able to cut over the past few months. Photo: BRIAN WOOD


BATHURST: Tablelands Builders’ Phil Hampton says the flag staff project will be ready for the official unveiling on May 7, despite a number of setbacks. Photo: BRIAN WOOD 

WELLINGTON: (front) Karen May and Kotoni Staggs ( back) Constable Greg Foster, Zeke Shaw and Constable David Sherrit

DUBBO: BreastScreen Dubbo receptionist Bev Fallon.Photo: HANNAH SOOLE

FORBES: Dr Lily Ward has joined the team at Forbes Dental Surgery.

BATHURST: Emily McGrath and Cheleen Koekemoer from Metro Petroleum are angry after the business was targeted by a thief yesterday morning. Cigarettes worth $700 were stolen.

DUBBO: CareFlight's medical crew and paramedics prepare to fly the volunteer to hospital. Photo contributed.


OARNGE:  Passengers from yesterday’s Rex flight from Sydney bound for Mildura and Broken Hill are helped off the plane after it made an unscheduled landing at Orange Airport. Photo: NICOLE KUTER

PARKES: Acting NSW Premier, local MP, Troy Grant with tennis ace, Roger Federer.


 DUBBO: Kyrese Ruttley (4) and Kaydi Ruttley (18 months) enjoying the puddles in Dubbo yesterday thanks to the weekend rain in Dubbo


BATHURST: Dr Ross Wilson believes next week's federal government change to Medicare will be a retrograde step for the Australian health system. Photo: CHRIS SEABROOPK


ORANGE: Carcoar Public School students’ parents Brian Parker, Anthony Bright, Nicky Parker with Sunnrise sports presenter Mark Beretta and parents Jeremy O’Brien and Amy Hines in Martin Place trying to gain national attention for their fight. 

BATHURST:  Keen walkers Roz Townsend and her friends Jude Campbell and Mal Purves take a break from a stroll around Mount Panorama. They would like to see strategically placed rest stops installed for walkers. Photo: PHILL MURRAY 


DUBBO: Rod Brown, with his dad's book of the 1955 Dubbo flood. Photo: ORLANDER RUMING

FORBES: President of the Forbes Business Chamber Stuart Thomas, outgoing treasurer Peter Johnson and incoming treasurer Kimberly Chudleigh.

MUDGEE: Mr Paine has been nominated for an Australia Day Citizen of the Year award for his dedication to promoting the arts in Mudgee.


 DUBBO: Cornish Constructions owner Peter Cornish is proud of his apprentice carpenter Tiffany Atkinson, 18, who was awarded the Brendon Sturgeon Scholarship yesterday. Photo: TANYA MARSCHKE


OARNGE: Orange Business Chamber president Tony Healey and Angus Barrett put a call out for more women to take up a trade in the Orange region in July and Mr Healey is still focused on the cause. Photo: STEVE GOSH.


LITHGOW: Rangers players Rachel Besley and Tayla Lloyd offer Member for Bathurst Paul Toole a warm welcome.


DUBBO: Cobra Street McDonald s manager Jackie Pratten said goodbye to the team after working at the restaurant for 15 years. Photo: KATHRYN O'SULLIVAN


OBERON:  Pharmacist Jennifer Stoneman with Dominica Koudrin, who will be completing her Bachelor of Pharmacy internship at Oberon Pharmacy.


BLAYNEY: Labor candidate for Bathurst Cassandra Coleman meeting with Amy Hines, Cr Geoff Braddon, Christine Bright and Phoebe Sinadinos at the Carcoar School of Arts Hall on Monday.


What made news in the past week? Take a look through this gallery.&nbsp;<br>

The week that was across the region...

What made news in the past week? Take a look through this gallery.

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