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THE McIvor Times<\/em> has a significant birthday coming up on Sunday, 2 April.<\/p>\n

It turns 160 years old and there\u2019ll be a special feature to mark this milestone in next week\u2019s edition.<\/p>\n

In 2013 former editor and proprietor Barry Cail reflected on the paper\u2019s importance.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe McIvor Times<\/em> is much more to the Heathcote district community than simply a newspaper,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is part of the furniture, it is part of the culture, it is part of our everyday lives.\u201d<\/p>\n

The activities of Heathcote residents have been chronicled in its pages for 160 years; from political wrangling to births, weddings and funerals, and everything in between.<\/p>\n

Find out about the early days when a local doctor launched the much-loved local newspaper at the tail end of the gold rush.<\/p>\n

Discover how the business quickly branched out to provide a wide range of printed items.<\/p>\n

Learn about changing technologies and how the McIvor Times<\/em> has now moved into the digital age.<\/p>\n

Readers are invited on a trip down memory lane to see what has altered, and what has stayed remarkably the same over the decades.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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