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.
January 1, 2022
Unusual stages for poetry and song
A SERIES of summer performances by two Ballarat creatives are being held in some very unusual, but playful locations. Megan J Riedl and Amie Brûlée’s...
December 31, 2021
Venturer Scout awarded top honour
EIGHTEEN-year-old Hamish Hall has been presented with the highest Venturer Scout honour in Australia, the Queen’s Scout Award. Joining Cubs 10 years ago, he has...
December 31, 2021
Rotarians celebrate successes as Club closes
THE Rotary Club of Wendouree officially closed this month after sixty-four years of service to the Ballarat community. Concluding with a meeting at the Ballarat...
December 30, 2021
Record-breaking Christmas for Appeal
THIS year’s 3BA Christmas Appeals was one of the most successful to date, with record community donations rolling in. 3BA general manager John Fitzgibbon said...
December 30, 2021
Trust gives to Avenue tree appeal
FOLLOWING October’s destructive storm, the Arch of Victory-Avenue of Honour committee launched an appeal to repair and replace damaged and destroyed trees along Ballarat’s...
December 27, 2021
Local builders remodelling museum
CONSTRUCTION is set to begin on Sovereign Hill’s new Centre for Rare Arts and Forgotten Trades and Australian Centre for Gold Rush Collections. Sovereign Hill...
December 27, 2021
Rotarians give to grow garden
UNITING Vic.Tas’s Queen Street Mental Health and Disability Unit has received support from one of the city’s most active service organisations. Earlier in the month,...
December 26, 2021
Guild awards BLOC’s dancing queen
BLOC Music Theatre’s 2021 staging of the ABBA jukebox musical Mamma Mia! was celebrated at the recent Music Theatre Guild of Victoria Awards. Sarah Kate...
December 26, 2021
Band’s songwriters return to flight
MEMBERS of The Dead Salesmen and Epicure are releasing an album together under a new name, The Blue Lighters. Justin ‘Hap’ Hayward, Justin ‘Ryda’ Charleson,...
December 24, 2021
Live music RISEs with grant
MINERS Rest live music business Regional Touring has received a giant gift this Christmas week. Promoter Duane McDonald received $490,000 from the Federal Government’s Restart...
December 23, 2021
Protesters plead, ‘get the lighting right’
HUNDREDS of people met on the Lake Wendouree foreshore last Thursday night for a ‘Get the Lake Lighting Right’ rally, opposing current plans to...
December 23, 2021
City scores elite women’s basketball
THE Ballarat Sports and Events Centre will host WNBL games during a statewide festival of women’s basketball in January. Six of the competition’s fifteen matches...
December 23, 2021
A night full of carols cheers the city
THE triumphant return of Ballarat Carols by Candlelight had young and old in song, and in the Christmas spirit on Sunday evening, just six...
December 23, 2021
Housing stock grows as apartments open
NINE brand-new Centacare social apartments were opened by the Minister for Housing Richard Wynne in Mitchell Park last week. Worth $3.6 million and part of...
December 23, 2021
New interchange connects bus travellers
BUSES will no longer queue up on Lydiard Street north, following the official opening of the Ballarat Station bus interchange. Located between the north platform...
December 22, 2021
Classic story of love and loss at Kirks
WHEREFORE art thou Romeo... and Juliet? The star-crossed lovers are on their way to Ballarat to perform at Kirks Reservoir Park. A cast of experienced OZACT...
December 21, 2021
Linking seekers with local jobs
CHAIR of Ballarat Business Women Margi Cousins has been appointed employment facilitator for the region’s Local Jobs Program. Training providers, and jobseekers - especially young...
December 21, 2021
Green-thumbed students graduate
TWO classes of BGT and The Gordon’s landscaping students have marked the end of their practical course with a graduation ceremony at Barkly Square. Over...
December 20, 2021
A positive force for learner drivers
MORE of the region’s young learner drivers will be able to complete their one hundred and twenty hours of practice behind the wheel with...
December 20, 2021
A special Christmas lunch for all
OUR Lady Help of Christians Wendouree will mark thirty years of providing Christmas lunch to Ballarat community members on Saturday, 25 December. Co-coordinator Sandra Dillon...
December 19, 2021
Student nurse named state’s best
THE Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation Victorian Branch has presented their 2021 Nurse Award to Federation TAFE nursing student Cheyenne Kemsley. A 22-year-old personal care...
December 18, 2021
Forest’s tale of kookaburra in flight
DISCOVER the tale of Nanna Kookaburra while you wander the Dementia Friendly Forest and Sensory Trail at Woowookarung Regional Park. In partnership with the Bigger...
December 18, 2021
PETstock seeks to feed furry friends in need
PETSTOCK’S own registered charity, PETstock Assist is aiming to nourish companion animals in need this festive season. Until Christmas Day, the not-for-profit’s Christmas Bowl Project...
December 18, 2021
Bags packed with Christmas joy
THE Y Ballarat’s Barkly Square office was buzzing with activity last Friday as volunteers packed approximately two hundred Christmas bundles to deliver to underprivileged...
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