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January 21, 2020
Looking for a 2020 vision
After nearly four years and 35 exhibitions later, the B-Mac visual arts gallery in Bacchus Marsh is seeking new premises. The Bacchus Marsh Art’s Council...
January 21, 2020
Contributing to the need
By Helen Tatchell “Staggered by the community response”, is how a business owner described donations for bushfire victims and animals in East Gippsland. Asha Shanahan, proprietor...
January 21, 2020
Award dedicated to all volunteers
By Kate Taylor For his contribution to arts and culture in Bacchus Marsh, resident John Spain will be awarded Citizen of the Year at Moorabool...
January 21, 2020
‘Thanks mate’
By Helen Tatchell It started out as a truck convoy of hay from Ballan to bushfire ravaged towns in East Gippsland; it ended with raw...
January 17, 2020
‘And…action!’ at Pykes
By Meg Kennedy Pykes Creek Reservoir in Myrniong transformed to ‘Cochituate Lake’ in Massachusetts, USA for a feature film shoot today. The reservoir was closed to...
January 16, 2020
BREAKING: Moorabool Citizen of the Year announced
Moorabool Shire Council has announced their 2020 Citizen of the Year - John Spain, in the lead up to the 2020 Australia Day awards Citizen...
January 14, 2020
A calculated effort
By Meg Kennedy A Bacchus Marsh student is well on his way to becoming the next Einstein, after topping his Year 12 class last year. Michael...
January 14, 2020
It’s been a good ride…off the sheep’s back
By Meg Kennedy An iconic Ballan business will see a change of hands this New Year. Rodney and Wendy Harrison have been operating The Skin Inn...
January 14, 2020
Trees to be pruned
Minor commuting delays will be experienced this week and next, but it is not the trains. Moorabool Shire Council are undertaking aerial inspections and tree...
January 14, 2020
Position filled
By Kate Taylor Lawry Borgelt from Myrniong is Moorabool Shire Council’s newest councillor. He won the Woodlands Ward by-election with an absolute majority in the first...
January 14, 2020
Police swarm house
By Helen Tatchell An alleged siege with reports of guns and explosives saw emergency services, heavily armed police and the dog squad promptly attend a...
January 14, 2020
Streets ahead
By Meg Kennedy After almost two-years of work, Ballan’s Inglis street upgrade is finally complete. The finished streetscape was officially opened on Tuesday, 17 December by...
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