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Relay For Life success
AT the 2012 Relay For Life, scores of charitable people battled tiredness and physical exhaustion — all in the name of charity.The annual event saw…
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Opposition to childcare centre approval
COUNCIL has approved a planning permit application for a childcare centre in Yana Street despite strong opposition from neighbouring residents and some councillors.The approval will…
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Tackling small town issues
ONE of the smallest numbers of candidates vying for a spot in the largest ward in Swan Hill battled to voice their opinions at the…
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RBT theft at Robinvale
ROBINVALE police officers gave up roadside breath-tests for a night after thieves made off with their breath-testing sign. Two officers had set up a breath-testing…
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Officer injured in confrontation
A FORTY-seven-year-old man has been charged with assaulting a police officer after he allegedly sprayed the officer with capsicum spray near Piangil.Police said they stopped…
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Hot on the trail of a local masterpiece
WITH Woorinen South included in the Go North Arts Festival for the very first time, local artists are pushing to make the small community an…
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A dancing revolution
WHETHER it’s the Merengue or the Belly Dance Hip Shimmy she’s performing, Tyntynder resident Tania Kirby loves to Zumba.Ms Kirby was introduced to the dance…
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Booth kept in check
SWAN Hill’s king of country chess has had his fortress toppled after a near monopoly on the regional championship since 1980.Dr Stewart Booth relinquished his…
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Producers move towards OJD protection
PRODUCERS from across north west Victoria have voted to continue the push for the region to become an ovine Johne’s disease (OJD) protected zone, following…
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Modelling examines effects of water releases on riverside communities
RECENT modelling shows that extra environmental water released in the Murray-Darling Basin would hit particularly close to home for riverside communities.The modelling poses a scenario…
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