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Family fun at CresFest

At Creswick Primary School, families will find the Kids Zone where children can learn circus skills, create their own music and perform on an...

Committee shines light on support services

EARLIER this week was the official launch of Empowering Our Community Ballarat, a collaboration between the DV Collective and Ballarat Business Women. The committee aims...

What’s on offer at Heritage Fest

PREPARATIONS are underway for this year's Ballarat Heritage Festival, set for next May, with the official program announced last week. The 10-day festival will run...

Community bands together for CresFest

THE countdown is on until music and dancing fills the streets of Creswick with this year's CresFest. It is set to begin on Friday, April...

Reflecting women’s experiences through art

LOCAL flowers and botanicals are the focus of a new exhibition by Ballarat-based artist Susan Nethercote. An Ornamental Education is on at Backspace Gallery until...

Noms open for outstanding women

NOMINATIONS are now open for women who have made outstanding contributions to their community to be inducted into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women. Nominations...

Bookfest supports local drop-in centre

ANOTHER successful Bookfest event has raised more than one thousand dollars for Inter Club Drop-In Centre. Little Bookshop owner Wayne Compton was onsite over the...

Annual pet registration renewals due

RESIDENTS of the City of Ballarat that own pets are being reminded to renew pet registrations. A notice will be sent in the mail to...

Ballarat Rock ‘N’ Roll Festival returns for 3rd year

THE Ballarat community is getting ready embrace old fashioned rock 'n' roll with the return of the annual festival for the third time. The event...

this school holidays

VISITORS can strike gold at Sovereign Hill with a range of activities on offer this school holidays. The program kicks off today and runs until...

Funding backs Raven Collective

RAVEN Collective will receive $20,000 to support the delivery of their programs, following the Ballarat Foundation's 'pick our program' evening. The event is an opportunity...

Celebrating thirty years of music

MAUREEN Davy has loved music ever since she can remember, and this joy and dedication has been fostered by her piano teacher, Lauren Knight,...

An afternoon of toasties and gin

TWO Ballarat businesses are coming together to highlight the region's produce and encourage the community to shop local. Tim's Toasties, run by former MasterChef Australia...

Empowering women to have a strong voice

DULCIE Corbett's philosophy is that if you educate and empower a woman, you educate and empower a family. Her desire to do so led her...

Vixens ready to blitz Ballarat

TOMORROW (Saturday, March 16) is the first day of the Melbourne Vixens' Ballarat Blitz which will include live matches, clinics and workshops. Saturday will kick...

Celebrating the region’s women

THE Law Collective, led by director Renee Debono, celebrated International Women's Day with a get-together of some of the region's female leaders. Speakers at last...

Wedding fair supports local

THE wedding fair with a focus on supporting local businesses is back for another year. The Ivory Haus Wedding Fair, led by Laura Feldman, aims...

Boys choir returns to town

THE Australian Boys Choral Institute is returning to Ballarat this March to celebrate the organisation's eighty fifth anniversary season.

The performance entitled Sweet &Low will...

Bright future ahead for musician

EIGHTEEN-year-old Wil Oldaker gradated last year from Ballarat Grammar with a perfect score in VCE VET music performance and his plans to peruse music...

Future construction leaders recognised

MASTER Builders Victoria’s Regional Apprentice Awards were held in Ballarat last week with three local apprentices recognised.

The awards ceremony was one of five across...

Fireworks moved to NYE despite confusion – City of Ballarat council meeting briefs

AT the City of Ballarat's first ordinary council meeting of the year, a majority of councillors voted to move the municipal fireworks display to...

Donations foster community spirit

WENDOUREE Neighbourhood Centre have received a series of donations from Midlands Golf Club that'll be used at the community organisation's Grove site.

Midlands Gold Club...

Funding to protect Yarrowee

THE Buninyong Landscape Alliance with the Yarrowee Leigh Catchment Group are set to receive more than seven hundred thousand dollars in funding.

An announcement confirming...

Sewer project underway

THE Ballarat southern trunk sewer project by Central Highlands Water has begun in the city’s west.

The works aim to ensure the wastewater needs of...