About: Edwina Williams
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- Edwina Williams is the Times News Group's Northern Victoria editor covering the Ballarat Times News Group, Golden Plains Times, Moorabool News, Bendigo Times, and McIvor Times.
October 18, 2020
In it to win for Pony Club’s survival
UNABLE to run this year’s horse trials, gymkhana and combined training days, Smythesdale and District Pony Club have launched an online raffle as an...
October 18, 2020
No Rest for SpringFest beneficiary
FIVE community partners will benefit financially from funds raised during this year’s Ultimate SpringFest Online Raffle. One of those, Miners Rest Primary School, has been...
October 17, 2020
The butcher, the baker, the winemaker – Eat Drink West
Triple-threat producer, Summerfield Wines in Top 100 Wineries FOURTH-generation owner of Summerfield Wines, Mark Summerfield, is more than just a viticulturalist. Not only does he run...
October 17, 2020
School tights start-up has got legs
WHEN Corinna Preston reflects on her secondary school days, she remembers her uniform and how uncomfortable girls’ tights were. They were itchy, saggy and uncomfortable...
October 16, 2020
Ghanaian recipes give good vibrations
BALLARAT African Association’s Benjamin Ato Sam has launched his first cookbook, Good Vibration. Formerly running a vegetarian restaurant in Ghana, he moved to Victoria in...
October 16, 2020
More than a trim for a good cause
SUGA Neelavanin and daughters, Nivash, Kartie and Nive banded together on Saturday morning to cut their hair for the benefit of others. Since late July,...
October 15, 2020
Work underway on school redevelopment
H. TROON’S works on Miners Rest Primary School’s expansion and facility upgrades have begun. Worth $17.1 million, principal Dale Power said his students can look...
October 15, 2020
High School springs back to life
JOYFUL chatter filled the Ballarat High School quad and gym on Monday. Year 12 students caught up for their first normal school day, studying remotely...
October 15, 2020
Spirited friends sweep wild bushland setting
RUBBISH bags full of litter, and pine saplings, were removed from Woowookarung Regional Park by Friends of the Canadian Corridor on Sunday morning. FoCC secretary,...
October 15, 2020
Funding push helps Little Aths run
THE Ballarat Little Athletics Centre at Llanberris Reserve has been financially supported by Coles. The organisation has received a $4500 grant to cover new needed...
October 14, 2020
Sunday stroll supports Life’s Little Treasures
THE fourth Ballarat Walk for Prems will see residents travel five kilometres on foot later this month in support of babies born prematurely. The fundraiser...
October 13, 2020
Save Our Sons gets Shorters’ shout out
PARENTS, Belinda and Leigh Shorter are encouraging the community to support the Duchenne Foundation, Save Our Sons, and grab the attention of the Federal...
October 13, 2020
Riders ready to trot the trails
AT the height of the pandemic, trail rider Diana Tobin felt as if she’d lost a limb. The vice president of Golden Plains Trail Riders...
October 13, 2020
Top-up the buses’ one-stop-shop
AS the pandemic carries through spring, The SoupBus and One Humanity Shower Bus will continue to collaborate, servicing their clients of an evening on...
October 12, 2020
A little look at a family’s bookshelf
CAN you remember the picture story books that captured your imagination as a child? Penny Sheppard has amassed around 200 to date, and one year...
October 12, 2020
Comps, coaching and community at Haddon badminton
HADDON Stadium has always seen the dribbling of basketballers and pivoting of netballers, but for a quarter of a century, it’s been home to...
October 10, 2020
Super spring day trips, not far from home
BALLARAT Regional Tourism’s Iain Gunn encourages residents to visit and support local experience and produce providers this spring, even with the freedom to travel...
October 9, 2020
Pantry serving and uniting Meredith
INSTALLED last summer, the Meredith Primary School’s community pantry could not have arrived at a more convenient time. Principal, Steven Trotter said the town...
October 9, 2020
Spoonvilles spark joy across the city
DAZZLED by Melbourne’s Spoonville craze, Claire Heyne and her two children started their own on Scott Parade.
October 8, 2020
Students reconnect with friends and learning
THE city’s primary school students headed back on campus last Monday morning following term three’s remote learning period due to COVID-19. At Urquhart Park Primary...
October 8, 2020
Rowers old and new up for a challenge
IS your workplace a hive of positive collaboration and teamwork? Wendouree-Ballarat Rowing Club is looking for local businesses to express interest in joining their next...
October 7, 2020
Young ideas, world-changing solutions
BALLARAT’S Upstart Challenge Showcase will be presented live online on Thursday, 12 November. Six teams of secondary school students who have taken part in the...
October 4, 2020
Students and spoons head back to school
LINTON Primary School’s forty-three students will have even more buddies on campus when they return, following holidays and remote learning. Classroom teacher, Erin Mitchell said...
October 4, 2020
Far-right party backs South Ward candidate
AUSTRALIA First Party’s Susan Jakobi is a South Ward candidate in this month’s City of Ballarat Council elections. Settling here five years ago, she said...
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