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  • Barb Jones says goodnight

    Barb Jones says goodnight

    AFTER 38 years serving the Goodnight community, Barb Jones has called it a day and the Goodnight Post Office has shutup-shop. Mrs Jones, who is…

  • Little Murray Weir downsizepositive: water body

    Little Murray Weir downsizepositive: water body

    WORK continues on the Little Murray River Weir as part of Goulburn-Murray Water’s (GMW) Swan Hill Modernisation Project. The project, started in May 2015, aims…

  • Shock a warning to local tradies

    Shock a warning to local tradies

    A LOCAL builder is lucky to be alive after he sustained an electrical shock while working at a Swan Hill property. The incident prompted Lindsay Rogers,…

  • Dog ban dilemma

    Dog ban dilemma

    NEW South Wales’ greyhound racing ban will leave thousands without a job and thousands more greyhounds abandoned, a Tyntynder greyhound breeder fears. Local breeder Norm…

  • Black Dog Ride coming to Swan Hill

    Black Dog Ride coming to Swan Hill

    SWAN Hill will feature in this year’s statewide motorcycle milk run to help raise awareness of the silent struggles of depression and anxiety.  The Black…

  • Celebrating 100 years

    Celebrating 100 years

    ALMOST a century ago, a small group of farmers united across Victoria because they believed that regional Australia was “too important to ignore”. Their legacy…

  • Great start to NAIDOC

    Great start to NAIDOC

    MORE than 60 people participated in the NAIDOC march and flag raising ceremonies on Monday and NAIDOC organisers were delighted with the turn out. The…

  • Locals’ great opportunity

    Locals’ great opportunity

    THE team at Swan Hill’s Sutton Plumbing Services are “jumping out of their skin” for a once in a lifetime plumbing contract in Dubai. Working…

  • The life and times of Barry Townley

    The life and times of Barry Townley

    BARRY Townley moved to Swan Hill 35 years ago from Maroubra Sydney, which “back in those days was called surf city.”  “When I was younger…

  • Gas link coming

    Gas link coming

    SWAN Hill is set to be connected directly to a statewide natural gas chain by the end of the year after the long-awaited development on…

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