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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.

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March 12, 2021

Have your say on Buninyong streetscape

THE Buninyong & District Community Association are encouraging residents to give feedback to the City of Ballarat regarding the Buninyong Streetscape Concept Plans. The residential...

March 12, 2021

Beck and Cormick weave musical magic

THIS Tuesday it’s just You & I on stage, as musical theatre greats, Rachael Beck and Michael Cormick perform at Her Majesty’s Theatre. Friends for...

March 11, 2021

More than one day to Clean-Up the Shire

LAST Sunday may have been the official Clean-Up Australia Day, but Shire residents and community leaders know ridding of rubbish is an ongoing project. Linton...

March 11, 2021

School connects to country and community

ONE of the town’s community hubs, Linton Primary School is leading the charge when it comes to bringing people together. Last Friday, staff and the...

March 11, 2021

WBRC honours pioneering women’s crew

SIXTY-one years ago, Wendouree Ballarat Rowing Club’s first women’s crew was formed, winning their maiden race on the lake. Last Monday, on International Women’s Day,...

March 7, 2021

Paintings presented from the heart

PAINTER Laura Day will present a very personal solo exhibition, Whispers of the heart at the Mercure next month. Experiencing a miscarriage last year, Day...

March 6, 2021

NEXT GEN continues city’s ceramic story

PETER Pilven’s skills as a ceramicist have informed the artistic process of student, Audrey Martin. You might assume Pilven has taught Audrey through his work...

March 4, 2021

Jed’s kitchen keeping Shire fed

MOORABOOL Valley catering business, Fed by Jed has found a new home-delivery focus. The team of Jordi Ellingham, Ella Scanlon and Darcy Scanlon have discovered...

March 4, 2021

Love and care for ‘rough diamond’ river

WHAT do you know about the habitat of elusive native water rat, the rakali, or noisy eastern banjo frogs, pobblebonks? Alongside turtles, they live in...

March 4, 2021

Inclusion plan approved – Golden Plains Shire council meeting briefs

COUNCILORS adopted the 2020-2024 Active Ageing and Inclusion Plan at the Golden Plains Shire’s council meeting on Tuesday, 23 February. The document should be a...

March 4, 2021

Quick quad aims for national title

BALLARAT City Rowing Club will be represented by a young men’s coxless quadruple scull in the under twenty-one division of this month’s Australian Rowing...

February 28, 2021

A familiar face behind the Red Door

A NEW era’s begun at Buninyong’s Red Door Pizzeria with former owner, Trevor Whitworth passing on the pizza peel to Katrine Taylor. Also the operator...

February 27, 2021

Empowering women to thrive

AS a young woman in rural New Zealand, Shiree Pilkinton dreamed of becoming a journalist. With on-air aspirations, she nervously walked into an audition for...

February 26, 2021

Home-sweet-home for Linton’s birds

WITHIN a couple of months, you could be taking a map-guided walking tour of bird-friendly Linton. The Linton and District Progress Association’s garden group are...

February 26, 2021

Warriors shape-up for season launch

THE Woady Yaloak Warriors Football Netball Club hosted a junior come-and-try day last weekend at their new Smythesdale home ground. Offering an Aussie-rules football clinic...

February 26, 2021

Lyric gets ready to Rock You

BALLARAT Lyric Theatre wants everyone to hear a little less ‘COVID blah blah’ and a lot more Radio Ga Ga in 2021. The performing arts...

February 26, 2021

Eureka Mums expands operations

FAMILY support service Eureka Mums hope to open their larger Sebastopol premises in the coming weeks. Still at the same location, operations manager, Trinsa Lewis...

February 26, 2021

Upstart is back on

PREPARING the workforce’s next generation for innovation and critical thinking, the Upstart Challenge is returning in 2021 to engage and strengthen Ballarat’s school students. Encouraging...

February 25, 2021

Horses and carts a sight to see

GEELONG and District Carriage Drivers annual combined driving event will be held at Teesdale’s  Leighdale Equestrian Centre this weekend. GDCD vice-president Kirsty Blake said the...

February 24, 2021

Car club keeps on Morryin’

NEXT month, the Ballarat Morris Minor Club will celebrate their 40th birthday. Suited to people with a connection to a Morris Minor automobile, president Glen...

February 23, 2021

City’s chess scene returns for Open

GLOBAL participation in chess has grown since the release of Netflix series, The Queen’s Gambit. If the...

February 20, 2021

Feel young again at mums’ football

INTRODUCTORY football program, GO Soccer Mums is engaging women of all ages in the fun and fitness of ‘the world game.’ Facilitator Nancy Kay said...

February 19, 2021

Keeping creativity in the family

RETURNING home to Ross Creek, textile designer and printmaker Monique Doust is motivated by the rural landscape. Taking every opportunity to enjoy a bushwalk on...

February 18, 2021

Safety upgrade for Inverleigh level crossing

THE State Government is set to change signage at Inverleigh’s Fuller Road level crossing to improve road safety as part of the State-Wide Level...