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April 24, 2023

Anzac Day a chance to reflect

ANZAC Day commemorations in Heathcote are an opportunity for the community to join together to remember the sacrifices made by service men and women. Heathcote...

April 24, 2023

Heathcote and District Anzac Day services

BENDIGO PRE-DAWN MARCH. 5.35am. March departs corner of Pall Mall and Bull Street. BENDIGO DAWN SERVICE. 6am. Soldiers Memorial Institute, 37-39 Pall Mall, Bendigo. HEATHCOTE DAWN...

April 22, 2023

Heathcote in the 1880s

THE 1880s were a time of immense prosperity and growth for the young colony of Victoria. Melbourne’s population grew from 280,000 to 445,000 over the...

April 21, 2023

Care villa vision about to become a reality

COUNTLESS hours of work by the Heathcote Dementia Alliance are set to be rewarded when a prototype care villa, Costerfield House, is delivered at...

April 21, 2023

Heathcote digs deep for the kids

HEATHCOTE’S tally for this year’s Royal Children’s Hospital Good Friday Appeal reached twelve thousand, eight hundred dollars. Lions Club member and local appeal co-ordinator Greg...

April 21, 2023

Employment expo highlights local jobs

THE Heathcote and district employment expo on Tuesday, 2 May is aiming to give job seekers, career changers, and employers the chance to connect. Heathcote...

April 21, 2023

Help offered to get power saving bonus

ANOTHER round of the State Government’s Power Saving Bonus opened on 24 March and the two-hundred-and-fifty-dollar payment is available to all Victorian residential electricity...

April 15, 2023

Heathcote in the 1870s

As the McIvor Times entered its second decade it became Heathcote’s paper of record, and its pages were filled with court reports, council meeting...

April 15, 2023

Ned Kelly connections

THE exploits of the Kelly gang were regularly recounted in the pages of the McIvor Times in the late 1870s. The Jerilderie raid is one...

April 14, 2023

World wide open for young receiver

GABE Bradshaw hasn’t been playing American football for long, but he’s already grabbed the attention of state selectors. He’ll be lining up with the under...

April 14, 2023

Community bank seeks new directors

HEATHCOTE & District Financial Services are looking for new directors after the recent resignations of two board members. HDFS is a franchisee of Bendigo Bank...

April 14, 2023

Gathering links old school ties

THE recent Hickson family reunion at Toolleen saw a teacher reconnect with some of his students from the 1960s. Bill Ovenden taught at a one-room...

April 8, 2023

Human nature, 1860s style

  THE McIvor goldfields were home to an estimated thirty-five to forty thousand people during the first gold rush of the early 1850s, but those...

April 7, 2023

Latest fashions shown off

THE recent Country Women’s Association fashion parade has been hailed as a great success by organisers. Heathcote CWA president Marj Harris said more than 40...

April 6, 2023

Local heroes celebrated

THE district’s outstanding local heroes were acknowledged at the recent Advance Heathcote annual general meeting. There were organisation-wide awards for Heathcote’s health and emergency services,...

April 6, 2023

Entries sought for show sampler

COOKS, artists, and other craft specialists are invited to enter a micro competition at the Heathcote showgrounds on Saturday, 22 April. There are 29 classes,...

April 6, 2023

Easter get-together builds community bonds

LAST week’s Costerfield Easter community barbecue combined sausages and chocolate eggs with neighbourhood spirit when a small but appreciative crowd assembled for a seasonal...

April 6, 2023

Old-fashioned fun brings schools together

STUDENTS from Heathcote, Holy Rosary and Tooborac primary schools gathered at Barrack Reserve last Friday for the McIvor Old-Fashioned Games. Competitors tried their hands at...

April 3, 2023

Rockin rollin bus tour showcases region

THE Stars and Bars festival is returning to Heathcote on Saturday, 22 April. The one-day bus tour takes in breweries and wineries across the district...

April 1, 2023

Scholarship recipient to get a head start

ABIGAIL-ELISE Lazenby is the winner of the Bendigo Bank Nagambie’s 2023 tertiary scholarship. Ms Lazenby recently enrolled in a Bachelor of Biomedicine at La Trobe...

March 31, 2023

Employment Expo to showcase local jobs

THE region’s jobseekers will be given a helping hand at the upcoming Heathcote Employment Expo. GROW Bendigo, the City of Greater Bendigo, Jobs Victoria, Workforce...

March 31, 2023

Gender Equality head visits Heathcote Health

PUBLIC Sector Gender Equality Commissioner, Dr Niki Vincent, visited Heathcote Health on Wednesday. Dr Vincent said the trip was one of a series of meetings...

March 31, 2023

Tooborac mural showcases region

A COLOURFUL new mural has transformed the toilet block at the Tooborac Recreation Reserve. The public artwork features a kangaroo, an eastern rosella and a...

March 31, 2023

StoryWalks exercise the body and the brain

HEATHCOTE’S StoryWalk was officially launched on Tuesday and students from Heathcote and Holy Rosary primary schools, Shine Bright Kindergarten and Jenny’s ELC came along...