November 14, 2023
Museum calls for surviving pottery pieces
GOT any antique jars or pottery gathering dust in your home? If so, you might be housing a piece of Ballarat history that staff at...
November 14, 2023
Businesses up for tourism nod
THE state’s top tourism offerings have been named with the finalists for this year’s Victorian Tourism Awards announced. More than 90 nominees have been unveiled...
November 12, 2023
Memory lane move for music store
AFTER close to three decades Crossroads Music has moved on from its Skipton Street intersection store to a former pawn shop at 87 Bridge...
November 12, 2023
Songs to explore space and being
DURING her formative years, local jazz musician Paige Duggan struggled to understand science and cosmology. Now with more than two decades of performing behind her,...
November 10, 2023
Program aims to prepare community
WITH regional communities bracing for a dryer, warmer fire season, representatives from local health and emergency services, as well as Golden Plains Shire, are...
November 10, 2023
Hockey phenom backed with school scholarship
WHILE staff and students at Teesdale Primary School gathered for their regular Friday afternoon assembly last week, the occasion was anything but typical for...
November 10, 2023
Call to support centre’s festive food drive
STAFF at Meredith Community Centre are encouraging people to get into the season of giving, having launched their Christmas Food Drive on Wednesday last...
November 5, 2023
Printmaker preps for debut solo show
LINOCUT artist Amanda Western is fluctuating between excitement and terror. After months of taking part in group exhibitions as a member of the Ballarat Society...
November 4, 2023
Festival funds seeks to support community
WITH the Beyond the Valley music festival set to take place for the second time in the region in December, organisers are introducing a...
November 4, 2023
Dance classes toddle up the highway
A DANCE studio based in Lethbridge is set to expand with weekly children’s offerings soon to take place the Meredith Community Centre. From the start...
November 4, 2023
School to support wildlife shelters
AN event planned for later this month is being held with the aim of raising funds to support wildlife nonprofits in the region. The fundraiser...
November 4, 2023
Space to embrace local artists
THE unveiling of a new art show at Bridge Mall has also signalled the launch of a new multipurpose gallery space in the region. Visual...
November 3, 2023
Annual service to remember the fallen
FOR many, next Saturday will be about honouring those who died serving their country during World War One. Members of the Inverleigh RSL Sub-Branch, together...
November 3, 2023
Friendly family space to return
FAMILIES in Lethbridge will soon have a space again for their toddlers to play and interact with each other with the town’s playgroup set...
November 3, 2023
Annual open a boost for petanque profile
BOULES players from Melbourne and regional Victoria took to the pistes at the Ballarat East Bowling Club over the weekend as part of the...
November 3, 2023
Futsal club kicks for national nod
FOLLOWING membership boosts and the introduction of new programs, Ballarat’s top futsal club has been nominated for one of Football Victoria’s Community Award categories. Futsal...
November 2, 2023
Begonias to bloom for new floral fest
WHILE the Begonia Festival won’t return until March next year, a new event to be held at Barkly Square this weekend is aiming to...
November 1, 2023
Show to highlight creativity
EVERYONE is invited to show off their artistic side when the Ballarat Times 2023 Ballarat Show returns next month as part of the event’s...
November 1, 2023
Concert cause for returned servicepeople
AN upcoming event aimed at raising funds for the region’s returned servicepeople experiencing post-traumatic stress injuries is set to bring eight local acts to...
November 1, 2023
Annual opening to celebrate ceramicists
CLAY shapers and potters in the Ballarat region and surrounds will soon invite everyone into their place of creativity as part of Australian Ceramics...
October 30, 2023
Telephonists to connect again
FORMER switchboard operators from the office of the Postmaster-General, or PMG, in Ballarat will soon return to the region for the first mass reunion...
October 30, 2023
Heavy horses set to pull a crowd
WHILE all manner of animal attractions will be at next month’s Ballarat Times 2023 Ballarat Show, the competition is set to be dwarfed when...
October 30, 2023
Mark to be made for queer cultures
THE stories of Ballarat’s queer community are set to be highlighted as part of this year’s Victoria’s Pride program. Presented by organisers of the Midsumma...
October 29, 2023
Rotary to revive free frightful fun
WITH Halloween arriving next Tuesday, members of Alfredton Rotary are bringing their seasonal celebrations back from the dead with a community party. Taking place for...
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