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 17, 2021
Nurturing the riverside and its helpers
SEVEN years ago, the banks of the Yarrowee River at Scotchmans Lead, and surrounding paddocks, were full of gorse and blackberries. But thanks to the...
October 16, 2021
Book club for The Reading Room
A NEW reading and discussion group is launching at the Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute library. The Reading Room is a free book club that will be...
October 15, 2021
Music a safe bet to reduce harm
WHAT song means the most to you? That’s the question Cafs and Ballarat North Neighbourhood House will be asking this Tuesday, 19 October as they...
October 14, 2021
Gold coin lets locals strike it lucky
THIS month, Sovereign Hill is showing their appreciation to the Ballarat community for supporting the attraction throughout the challenging pandemic climate. Under their new We...
October 14, 2021
Major merger for McCallum and BRI
TWO Ballarat disability support organisations are set to merge, forming the region’s biggest employment social enterprise. By the end of next month, Ballarat Regional Industries...
October 14, 2021
Grammar gives hearty skipping effort
BALLARAT Grammar’s junior school pupils generated the highest Jump Rope for Heart fundraising total in Victoria last term. Practicing their skipping skills in on-campus physical...
October 14, 2021
School’s clinic serves Wendouree
A POP-UP vaccination clinic run by Ballarat Health Services has been held at Mount Rowan Secondary College. Set up as an easily accessible option for...
October 14, 2021
BCH vax clinic relocates
BALLARAT Community Health’s COVID-19 vaccination clinic has moved. BCH’s team is now running their COVID-19 vaccine rollout from the one clinic site at their Sebastopol...
October 13, 2021
Fathers invited to family forum
BALLARAT Community Health will facilitate a family-focussed workshop for fathers from diverse multicultural backgrounds this weekend, in partnership with Community Abundance. The Strengthening Family Relationships...
October 12, 2021
Podcast gets Ballarat talking
PERSONAL trainer and gym owner Josh Driscoll has always enjoyed meeting new, interesting people, valuing any opportunity to create connections and build networks in...
October 11, 2021
College anniversary gala postponed
DAMASCUS College is marking one-hundred-and-forty years. However, due to COVID-19 restrictions, the catholic secondary school, which launched under its current name in 1995, has decided...
October 11, 2021
Councillors close chicken farm case
TAKING up much of last month’s meeting, the broiler farm proposal for Shelford’s north was raised again at the Golden Plains Shire’s September council...
October 10, 2021
Crafting to save the environment
EXPRESSIONIST artist Leah Justyce woke up one morning and had a realisation. “The world needs help with reducing landfill,” she thought, so she embraced upcycling,...
October 10, 2021
Drown in images at St Andrews
WHILE curating the shows for this year’s Ballarat International Foto Biennale, artistic director Fiona Sweet was looking for photographers with a “different approach.” “I wanted...
October 9, 2021
Growing greenery and kindness
WHILE walking up Mount Buninyong, an idea sparked between lifelong friends Clare Quick and Kim Bott. “We wanted to take a creative adventure together and...
October 9, 2021
Help mental health hub get moving
AFTER becoming a counsellor in recent years, Steve Vanderwerf has had the goal of launching a mental health hub. Running his own business, Catch Counselling,...
October 8, 2021
Burns and bars up for biz awards
WE Bar None founder Ellen Burns is nominated for three Telstra Business Awards. With her own original recipes, Ms Burns manufactures healthy energy bar and...
October 8, 2021
One-stop Rotary op shop
THE Rotary Club of Ballarat West has opened an op shop in Sebastopol. Stocked with pre-loved and new clothing for women, men and children, antiques,...
October 8, 2021
New door opens for FarmGate
GORDON FarmGate has found a new home at The Chapel, expanding beyond their former facility across Main Street. With an “ever-growing number of orders and...
October 7, 2021
Walk-through artwork a door-opener
THE CBD’s latest interactive installation 1000 Doors creaked open last week for residents to wander through. Created by Australian artists Keith Courtney and Christian Wagstaff...
October 7, 2021
FedUni offers VCE support
FEDERATION University has begun distributing VCE care packages with the aim of supporting local students in their final months of secondary schooling. Acknowledging the challenges...
October 7, 2021
Disc Golf Open a Nationals warm-up
REGISTRATIONS are open for the 2021 Inverleigh Disc Golf Open which will be played on the town’s new eighteen-hole course. To be held on Saturday,...
October 6, 2021
Eyes sought for fruit fly watch
A QUEENSLAND Fruit Fly Monitoring Program is coming to Ballarat. Ballarat Permaculture Guild’s Ben Nunquam said the BPG is seeking community members to be part...
October 6, 2021
Magical tulips put on a show
TIPTOE through the tulips in Ascot this weekend by visiting Lambley Gardens and Nursery’s free spring flower display. David Glenn first grew tulips on the...
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