2017
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Cafe breathes life into ailing shopping strip
A NEW business opening in a town of about 500 people deserves a celebration — and that’s exactly what the Nyah West Market Café received.…
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Eagles hunting for Pies
MALLEE Eagles will be gunning for its second win of the season when it hosts Lake Boga tomorrow. Both sides are coming off losses last…
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Mercy! League calls time on big margins
A MERCY rule is being implemented in under 13 football games across the Central Murray Football Netball League (CMFNL) for the first time this season.…
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At home at Alcheringa
MORE than eight decades of memories hang on the walls of Margaret Williamson’s room at the Alcheringa Hostel. “As you can see my room is…
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City’s growth outpaces Horsham and Mildura
SWAN Hill city’s population has grown by 1.5 per cent, in contrast to the declining populations of smaller neighbouring towns. Australian Bureau of Statistics figures…
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Revived rally to race across local roads
A HISTORIC rally returns to the Mallee from tomorrow, with classic cars navigating Lake Boga, Ultima and Chinkapook’s toughest roads. The Historic Rally Association’s BP…
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Balranald: “local government under threat”
BALRANALD Shire Council has launched a stinging attack on proposed council mergers in NSW, claiming rates would “invariably rise” and “the ‘local’ will disappear from…
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Saints clinch hard fought win
TOOLEYBUC Manangatang clinched a hard fought 30 point victory over Lake Boga on Saturday in a game that never reached any great heights as a…
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Touch and go for big fig: tree’s future hangs in the balance
ARBORIST and horticulturalist John Fordham has given Swan Hill’s sickly tree of national significance a 50 per cent chance of survival. Mr Fordham was in…
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Clair gets a taste of life below the line
GUARDIAN reporter Clair Morton will get a taste of extreme poverty next week when she lives on $2 of food a day. The Live Below…
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