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Bank profits helping local groups

COMMUNITY Bank Heathcote & District and Bendigo Bank Nagambie provided more than $100,000 through the Community Enterprise Foundation Grants and Sponsorships in October 2023. Local...

Free entertainment and shade a popular combination

PLENTY of shade and free entertainment saw a good attendance at the Heathcote Harvest Festival last Sunday. Although organisers feared high temperatures might reduce numbers,...

Informal breakfast celebrates International Women’s Day

MORE than 40 women gathered for an informal breakfast at The Watering Hole to celebrate International Women's Day last week. The event was organised by...

Final Hayes Family reunion a success

DESPITE high temperatures, more than 100 descendants of Mark and Maria Hayes attended the final Hayes Family Reunion last weekend. The family has been holding...

Automotive repairs a family affair

RESIDENTS in Heathcote are spoiled for choice when it comes to car repairs with the town boasting four auto workshops.

They all have a good...

IWD inspires inclusion and equality

INTERNATIONAL Women’s Day will be celebrated today across the world with the aim of inspiring inclusion and equality.

McIvor Times asked four Heathcote women what...

Clean air for men’s shed members

MEMBERS of the Heathcote Men’s Shed will breathe easier thanks to a donation from the Lions Club. Club members visited the Men’s Shed last week...

Police call to lock up cars and homes

HEATHCOTE Police are calling for greater vigilance in locking up cars and homes.

The effort comes after an increase in break-ins and thefts in the...

Bowlers to play on grand green

TWO bowlers from Heathcote are set to participate in the inaugural Annabelle Cleeland MP 2024 Parliament Bowls Cup on Monday 18 March.

Peter Cunningham and...

Service to the Heathcote community honoured

THE 2024 Local Hero awards were presented on Monday evening at the Advance Heathcote annual general Meeting. The awards are presented to community members and...

A trip down memory lane

HEATHCOTE Health resident Gary Ray Ellis recently enjoyed a special day out thanks to the Royal Flying Doctor’s Memory Lane program.

Volunteers from the Memory...

Help wanted to keep meals rolling

HEATHCOTE Health is calling for volunteers for the organisation's Meals on Wheels program.

There are also other volunteer roles available.

“HH Meals on Wheels is currently...

Have your say about Heathcote Health services

NEW members are being sought for Heathcote Health's consumer advisory group with participants having a say in the ongoing development of offerings at the...

Food, wine and fun for the long weekend

THE Heathcote Harvest Festival will return to Barrack Reserve on 11 March to celebrate the start of autumn and the beginning of grape harvesting...

RSL mural an asset to the town

HEATHCOTE RSL Sub-Branch officially unveiled the mural on the front wall of the organisation's hall last weekend.

Vice-president Miles Humphrey praised the efforts of Sue...

Kokoda Trek scholarship offered to local students

MEMBER for Euroa, Annabelle Cleeland, has called for local high school students to make a submission for the Kokoda Trek Scholarship.

The initiative seeks to...

Festival visitors a boost for Heathcote

UP to fifteen-hundred people are expected to visit Heathcote for the Harvest Festival this coming Labour Day long weekend. The event will be held at...

Input invited on planning scheme changes

RESIDENTS and ratepayers are being invited to take part in a feedback process on how planning and land use might look at Heathcote in...

Sharing the love

CELEBRATING and sharing, love, kindness and gratitude is the focus of a new project at Heathcote Community House. The Heart of Heathcote project was launched...

Newlywed wins major prize in MND raffle

WINNING the major prize in Never Give Up Group’s final MND Superchallenge couldn’t have come at a better time for Chris Toifl. The lucky recipant...

Fundraiser backs Legacy

SANDRA JAMES HEATHCOTE residents have again been praised for their generous community support. Heathcote Post Office licensees Rhonda and Bryan Linnell recently presented Major Michael Caroll...

Appeal for witnesses

HEATHCOTE Police are calling for witnesses after a number of reports of vehicles doing burnouts at Redesdale. Officer in charge at Heathcote Police Station, Sergeant...

Storm cash available

RESIDENTS impacted by recent storms are being encouraged by a local MP to apply for newly announced emergency relief payments.

Payments are now available for...

Nomination for first aid crusader

MIA MIA resident Grace Larson is one of four Victorian women finalists in the 2024 AgriFutures Rural Women’s Award. The award celebrates Australia’s rural women...