Tag: News
Cash for Landcare
APPLICATIONS are now open to fund projects proposed by local Landcare networks and community-based natural resource management groups.
Grants of up to $30,000 per project...
‘Help save our shop’
By PETER DOUGLAS
THE MS (Multiple Sclerosis) Shop in Monbulk is used to providing great service for the community.
Now, its operators are asking for a...
Paddling hard for Rio
By PETER DOUGLAS
MACCLESFIELD paracanoeist Amanda ‘AJ’ Reynolds is head down into an intense training schedule after recently being named for the 2016 Australian Paralympic...
Girls football kicking goals
By PETER DOUGLAS
AFTER the introduction of two girls’ junior football teams in season 2016, the Montrose Junior Football Club has kicked yet another goal.
The...
Community grants from market profits
COCKATOO Country Market has offered its first round of community grants at its monthly market.
Nearly $2500 in grants were handed out to community groups,...
On a knife-edge
By PETER DOUGLAS, VICTORIA STONE-MEADOWS AND JESSE GRAHAM
THE battle for La Trobe remains on a knife-edge as incumbent Liberal MP Jason Wood battles a...
Corey’s one outstanding student
By PETER DOUGLAS
FORMER Cire Community School student Corey Everitt has been rewarded for his dedication, winning the Most Outstanding Senior VCAL (Victorian Certificate of...
Smokes ban plan
By PETER DOUGLAS
IF YOU are born after 1 January, 2020, one day it may be against the law to smoke cigarettes.
At least, that’s if...
Skin deep message for life
By RUSSELL BENNETT
STEVE Goodie has been involved as a player, coach or administrator in many local football leagues.
Now he’s hoping to reach them all...
Week celebrates Indigenous culture
By VICTORIA STONE-MEADOWS
FROM Sunday 3 to Sunday 10 July is National Aboriginal and Islanders Day Observance Committee week or NAIDOC week.
NAIDOC Week celebrates...
A tale of two lives from drugs to freedom
By VICTORIA STONE-MEADOWS
FORMER Avonsleigh and Emerald resident Luke Williams has told his story about a life of drugs and self-destruction in a recently released...
Chipping in with jobs boost
By PETER DOUGLAS
THE Outer East is set for a major jobs boost with leading English potato crisps maker Tyrrells choosing to invest in Yarra...