December 12, 2023
Food maker chips away at workplace diversity
A LOCAL corn chip and tortilla manufacturer has turned to new hiring strategies to solve staffing shortages. With three shifts to fill at its East...
December 11, 2023
Local chef celebrates festive season with zest
RUN by two local friends, simple and delicious food is the core philosophy of Strathfieldsaye eatery Forage. Naomi Dawson and business partner Tim Pitson created...
December 7, 2023
Birthday party part of the search for inclusivity
LOCAL disability service provider Lifely is celebrating forty years of providing support to people with special needs living in the Loddon Mallee. To mark the...
December 6, 2023
Caring hands of Mercy Street
THE palliative care unit at Bendigo Health is celebrating twenty-five years of providing care to terminally ill patients. Situated on Mercy Street, the clinic was...
December 1, 2023
Award for student who never gave up
A LOCAL mother of two has proven that success can come at any age by taking home a title at this year’s Apprentice Training...
November 30, 2023
Bush poets host birthday bash
VERSE, rhyme, and story will be spun at the Bendigo Club this Sunday when the Bendigo Goldfields Bush Poets celebrate their twenty-first birthday. The group...
November 29, 2023
Festive toys drive aims to ease Christmas pressure
THE Kangaroo Flat Uniting Church annual Christmas toy drive is now accepting donations. Run in cooperation with the Uniting Church and Federal Member for Bendigo,...
November 28, 2023
Event to highlight care sector jobs
JOBS in the care and support sector will be on display later this month at the Who Cares? jobs expo. Demand for staff in the...
November 28, 2023
How caring for a small piece of land can have big impacts
AT the Axe Creek Catchment Landcare group, volunteers have been working together to repopulate local landscapes with native flora and fauna. As part of the...
November 28, 2023
Don’t Knox it until you’ve met him: the plight of the big dog
SINCE August, Knox, a three-year-old mastiff cross great dane, has been at Bendigo Animal Relief Centre, also known as BARC, waiting for a new...
November 28, 2023
MP says cash for cans doesn’t stack up
LAUNCHED on 1 November, the container deposit scheme, or CDS, has seen twenty-one million units returned statewide and more than two-million dollars returned to...
November 25, 2023
Give a ray of sunshine this Christmas
PEOPLE wanting to make Christmas a little brighter for local families can donate to Sunshine Bendigo’s annual toy drive. Volunteer at Sunshine Bendigo, Sharon Wilson,...
November 25, 2023
Safety message re-enforced after road toll spike
CONCERNS around driver behaviours on the regions roads are running high after recent road traumas in Mansfield and Goornong resulted in fatalities. Current data from...
November 24, 2023
Christmas market to raise funds for charity
LOCAL Rotarians are putting the final touches together for their annual Christmas market to be held at Mandurang Valley Winery this Sunday. Lyn Comer, who...
October 31, 2023
The local ray of light for babies in need
LOCAL charity Sunshine is seeking to look out for babies and the planet with their mission to provide families in need with new and...
October 29, 2023
Shortlist announced for painting prize
A SHORTLIST of thirty-six painters has been announced for this year’s biennial acquisitive Arthur Guy Memorial Prize. Chewton based artist Rhett D’Costa, who is among...
October 29, 2023
Folk Festival back for another crack
A FULL four-day program of live concerts, workshops, and dances has been scheduled for this year’s Maldon Folk Festival. Festival director and president Pam Lyons...
October 27, 2023
Highschoolers bring back the bend and snap
THE iconic story of Elle Woods is being recreated for the stage by the students of Bendigo South East College. Production director Jorja Polglase said...
October 24, 2023
Show a window into agriculture
SINCE 1859 the Bendigo Agricultural Show has been an annual spring affair, except for the break it had during World War Two, and more...
October 23, 2023
Major livestock event set for next month
BENDIGO Showgrounds are set to host a major industry event from Meat and Livestock Australia this November. Beef producer Olivia Lawson of Paringa Livestock said...
October 22, 2023
Bulb diggers set to descend on gardens
DUST off your garden gloves and trowels, the City of Greater Bendigo’s annual tulip dig is nearly here. Now the blooms are almost finished, gardeners...
October 21, 2023
High-tech biomed hub opens at uni
A NEW facility dedicated to biomedical education was officially opened at La Trobe University’s Bendigo campus last week. La Trobe vice-chancellor John Dewar guided Member...
October 21, 2023
Public IVF service to open in Bendigo
A VISIT from Premier Jacinta Allan and Member for Bendigo West, Maree Edwards, marked the official opening of a public in vitro fertilisation, or...
October 18, 2023
Boardgames set up for B.I.G. weekend
BENDIGO Indoor Gamers, also known as B.I.G. are rolling the dice for the first-time later this month at their new convention dedicated to all...
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