JUNE 1: Historic Macquarie homestead and its convict barracks on O'Connell Road was set to go to auction. Paul and Bonny Hennessy, who bought the property in 2012 with a commitment to returning it to its former glory, said they were ready to find a new buyer.
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JUNE 3: Laffing Waters should not be developed further until road infrastructure caught up with Bathurst's growth, several councillors said. Councillor Warren Aubin said another river crossing was needed somewhere between Hereford Street and Rankens Bridge Road.
JUNE 5: Long-time owners Ron and Stephanie Camplin announced they had finalised the sale of local radio stations 2BS and B-Rock to Bill and Pam Caralis of the Super Network. The most immediate change was the quick switch from Ray Hadley to radio veteran John Laws in the morning.
JUNE 7: A hospital horror story was being used to highlight the need for improvements to clinical services in Bathurst. It was revealed that it took four days for a Bathurst woman, aged in her 60s, to undergo surgery to address a wrist injury.
JUNE 8: A new ambulance station had officially become home to paramedics in Bathurst. The new building, constructed on a greenfield site in Commonwealth Street, was officially opened.
JUNE 8: It was the end of an era for long-time business owners Peter and Carmel Neubeck as they closed the doors of Beck's Bakery in the CBD. Their tenancy had ended due to what they described as "circumstances beyond our control" and they had decided not to find a new location.
JUNE 10: Tighter water restrictions were looking more and more likely. "If people came down and saw how low [the river] was, they would realise how much rain we're not getting. And the forecast for the next three months is not good," councillor Monica Morse said.
JUNE 11: More than 200 cannabis plants and a large quantity of cannabis were seized from a Kelso home during a drug bust. Police were continuing their investigations into a large-scale drug manufacturing operation following a swoop on a Boyd Street property.
JUNE 12: Councillor Ian North said a company had contacted him about offering its help to solve Bathurst's CBD parking problems. He said a potential solution would be a multi-storey car park at Carrington Park.
JUNE 14: The halfway point had been reached for the Bathurst Correctional Centre expansion project, which was to deliver 220 new maximum-security beds for the jail.
JUNE 15: Medical centres, pharmacies and a pathology clinic were among the Bathurst businesses to throw their support behind a growing campaign for improved pedestrian safety in the CBD. Retired barrister Stephen Wilson had met with Bathurst Regional Council's heads of planning and engineering to discuss his concerns.
JUNE 17: Councillor Warren Aubin said councillors had been blown away by some of the shortlisted applicants for the fifth and final major motor sport event at Mount Panorama. "One group is talking about bringing people from America, New Zealand and Europe ... which is really exciting," he said.
JUNE 18: A survey commissioned by Bathurst Regional Council revealed strong support among residents for a popularly-elected mayor. According to the survey, 71 per cent of respondents indicated they supported giving the public the chance to directly elect the mayor.
JUNE 19: The start of Bathurst's second daily rail service to Sydney had been fast-tracked to the spring after money was made available in the NSW Budget. The Bullet 2.0, an election promise from Bathurst MP Paul Toole, was due to start in early 2020, but was now set to be up and running well before the end of the year.
JUNE 20: Bathurst Regional Council was set to rely on the city's businesses to hold associated events when music superstar Sir Elton John came to town in January. Mayor Graeme Hanger said council would "meet with business owners in the coming months to discuss a range of ideas for those businesses to hold events".
JUNE 21: Charles Sturt University was reported to be eyeing properties in the Bathurst CBD as it investigated new campus options. It was believed the TAFE building on William Street and former Clancy Motors site on Howick Street were two locations being considered for a new campus, though CSU would also keep its current site on Panorama Avenue.
JUNE 25: A village shopping centre, new sporting oval and mixed density housing were among the options on the table for a major redevelopment of land to the north of Eglinton. Bathurst Regional Council was calling for feedback on its blueprint for the development of a large lot of land at the intersection of Freemantle Road and Duramana Road.
JUNE 27: A report said more than 2500 pigeons had been shot dead in the Bathurst CBD in the past six years as part of council programs to reduce the city's pest bird population. And a further 1124 had been trapped and killed.
JUNE 28: The NSW Police Association expressed its disappointment over the sentence handed to a 21-year-old man convicted of biting a Bathurst police officer. Orange man Jordan Khattar was given an 18-month community corrections order when he was sentenced in Orange Local Court.
