Regional

Deniliquin

More cash for park

Another $111,000 in funding has been secured for improvements at Deniliquin’s Memorial Park. The COVID-19 stimulus package money announced on Monday will be added to $200,000 from the Showground Stimulus Funding Program announced last month. The...

Olivia Duffey

Prestigious award for young footy star

Raymond Murphy (pictured) has reached a pinnacle of NSW school sports, earning a prestigious New South Wales Combined High Schools Sports Association Blue. The award is very rare, with Raymond the first Deniliquin student to receive it since former...

Jamie Lowe

Motiv8-tion rewarded

Hope Spalding has been rewarded for instilling motivation in the community while gyms were closed during Coronavirus lockdown. She was this week announced as the winner of the Deniliquin Eyecare Maui Jim non-scripted sunglasses giveaway, launched...

Deniliquin Pastoral Times

Are you on team Jesus?

I went to watch two local teams play netball a couple of weeks ago, to support a specific player.

Deniliquin Pastoral Times

Jennings family reunite at Golf Club

The Deniliquin Golf Club played host to a Jennings family reunion on Saturday. The afternoon saw 86 members of the Jennings family gather in Deni, with some travelling from as far as Perth, Melbourne, Bacchus Marsh and Mildura. The reunion kicked...

Deniliquin Pastoral Times

Finley

Murrumbidgee thriving compared to state

The Murrumbidgee region has weathered the storm of an uneasy start to 2020 better than most in NSW. Recent data released by the National Institute of Economic and Industry Research shows that as a result of Coronavirus, employment in the...

Daniel Hughes

Local pool upgrades finished

Renovations to Finley’s War Memorial Pool amenities block are in the final stages. The $410,000 project will create a modern, fit-for-purpose building incorporating change rooms and toilets, tailored for families and the disabled. The structure...

Daniel Hughes

Season over for Finley seniors

Finley Cats’ senior footballers and netballers will move their focus to 2021 following the announcement that the 2020 Murray Football Netball League season has been cancelled. League officials and club presidents met on Wednesday, June 24 and...

Daniel Hughes

Kyabram

Burnt Butter cafe encouraging social interaction with new initiative

BURNT Butter owner Jess Scoble has seen thousands of people come and go through her time at the cafe. And over the past few years she has noticed the steady decline of social activity among her customers, in the shop as well as out on the street...

Jared Prestwidge

Girgarre-Stanhope Rail Trail hits the final stretch

IT’S taken 10 years, countless local volunteers and thousands of dollars, but the Girgarre-Stanhope Rail Trail has entered the final stretch. And with weather, funding and a worldwide viral pandemic permitting, the large-scale project is...

Jared Prestwidge

SDJFL targeting July 18 for season start

THE Shepparton District Junior Football League is hoping to start its season on the weekend of July 18 and 19. League officials confirmed their decision at a meeting last week, with under 10, 12, 14, 16 and youth girls’ competitions again to...

Brayden May

Benalla

Kinda funding continues

The Victorian Government will continue to reduce the cost of sessional kindergarten for families and provide kinders with extra cleaning for all of term three as part of a $45 million support package during the coronavirus pandemic. State Member for...

Simon Ruppert

Benalla Bowls Club results | June 29 - July 5

Benalla Bowls Club Outdoor Bowls There have been no more changes to the our present situation with social bowls continuing twice a week, unless the weather intervenes. Members are welcome to attend for a roll up any day of the week as before. Please...

Benalla Ensign

Lake drawdown scheduled for summer

Lake Benalla will be drawn-down this summer to address an ongoing aquatic weed infestation. The decision was made unanimously at Wednesday’s Ordinary Meeting of Council. The Cobomba weed has been been found in Lake Benalla since the early...

Simon Ruppert

In the Archives | Benalla woman’s stolen purse lost and found again

Benalla’s Maryanne Quinlan received an exciting call from a rubbish collector recently, with the good news that her stolen purse had been found.

Benalla Ensign

Cobram

The show must go online

The Cobram Agricultural Show will receive part of a $36 million COVID-19 support package released by the Federal Government. The grant was put forward to supplement agricultural shows pushing ahead, as well as offering compensation to soften the...

Liam Nash

Picola District league sets sights on junior competition

Picola District Football Netball League is working towards getting a junior competition up and running for this year. A proposed start date for junior football and netball competitions has been pencilled in for July 18. The region’s northern-based...

Aydin Payne

Fruit fly action plan funding extended for Goulburn Murray group

Moira Shire Council has received $522,800 to continue delivering the Goulburn Murray valley’s fruit fly regional action plan. The funding is part of the Victorian Government’s one-year extension of the Managing Fruit Fly in Victoria Action Plan...

Rodney Woods

Victoria-NSW border closing

The Victoria-NSW border will close from Tuesday night, July 7. The announcement was made by Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews this morning, following discussion between state premiers about the rising COVID-19 numbers in Victoria. Border towns such...

Cobram Courier

Seymour

Seymour officers run to raise funds for a worthy cause

Two Seymour police officers laced up their runners and raised $2400 for Victoria Police Legacy. Senior Constable Amy Voisey and First Constable Ali Keevil ran a combined 260 km when they participated in Run 4 Blue, a virtual run held in May...

David Rak

Hats off to healthcare workers in Seymour and district

Nagambie’s Diane Grant spent time in Shepparton Private Hospital and rehabilitation department while recovering from recent surgery. The experience left her with admiration and gratitude for medical staff and support services working 24/7...

David Rak

District football and netball clubs join Good for Footy raffle

You have the power to help your local football and netball clubs and the chance to drive off with a new car at the same time. The Toyota Good for Footy raffle is back for another year and it has come at a pivotal time for community clubs. Due to the...

Seymour Telegraph

Rochester

Police seeking information on stolen cars

POLICE are appealing for information into two car thefts at Rochester which have occurred in recent weeks. A 2015 Toyota Landcruiser was stolen between 4pm on June 25 and 11.30am on June 26 from a Northern Highway rest stop after it had broken down...

Brayden May

Rochester basketball registrations extended

ROCHESTER Basketball Association has put out a call for players as it aims to start a season in week two of Term 3. On Sunday, it was announced that the registration period had been extended after initially closing on July 3. Play looks set to get...

Brayden May

Groundwater allocations announced for Lower Campaspe Valley Water Supply Protection Area

GROUNDWATER licence holders in the Lower Campaspe Valley Water Supply Protection Area will have a 75 per cent allocation for the 2020-21 season. The allocation has been determined in accordance with the Lower Campaspe Valley Water Supply Protection...

Ivy Jensen

Give a cat a home: Hazel

BEHIND these Hazel eyes is a beautiful young lady looking for a new place to call her own. This sweet cat is a one-year-old domestic short-hair who would give anything to be able to laze about on in the comfort and warmth of her own home. She has...

Alex Gretgrix

Heathcote

Dump point change causes a stink

After numerous locals expressed concern about a mesh cover being placed over the dump point in Barrack Street, the McIvor Times launched an investigation.

McIvor Times

Break and enter at Heathcote’s tip

IT SOUNDS like a joke, but it certainly happened — someone has gone to the effort of breaking into the local recycling centre and making away with several thousand dollars worth of goods. Last week Heathcote Transfer Station’s office was...

McIvor Times

Best Battles, round two: Heathcote v Mount Pleasant

WHILE Heathcote may not have troubled teams in the upper reaches of the ladder in 2017, they certainly made the most of their opportunities against the teams around them.

McIvor Times

Tatura

Tatura photographer captures amazing photos of insects

These impressive close-ups of creepy crawlies aren’t computer generated, nor were they taken by a professional. These spine-tingling photos of jumping spiders and bees were taken by hobby photographer Matthew McDonald in his Tatura garden over the...

Madi Chwasta

Coronavirus cancels Tatura mum’s plans to spend Mother’s Day with daughter in Peru

The month of May is wiped clean in Jeanette Moorhouse’s mobile phone save for one, lone booking on May 21. It’s the date the Tatura local was set to fly home after visiting her daughter Rachel in Lima, Peru. They were going to spend Mother’s Day...

Charmayne Allison

After a long wait, golf has returned to Hill Top Golf Club

After seven weeks of pain, golfers returned to the fairways on Saturday and the sun shone to welcome them back. Officials feared some might not bother coming back, but Saturday’s field, at 103, was the biggest for years. Of course, some things...

Shepparton News

Yarrawonga

Peter Savy announced as CEO

Yarrawonga Mulwala Golf Club Resort President Gil Cunningham has announced the exciting news that Peter Savy has been appointed the Chief Executive Officer at the Yarrawonga Mulwala Golf Club Resort. In a newsletter released to members Mr Cunningham...

Yarrawonga Chronicle

2.6% rate increase

Federation Council’s draft Annual Budget for 2020/21 provides for a rate increase at the 2.6% NSW State Government-imposed rate cap. Most other fees and charges increase by 2.7%. Waste facility/environmental levy increases from $45 to $55 per...

Robert Muir

Picola District League cancels open age competitions

Last week, the Ovens and Murray Football Netball League and Murray Football Netball League both cancelled their seasons

Aydin Payne

Testing times on the frontline

The team at Yarrawonga Health have been busy on the frontline testing many people in the local community daily for COVID-19. The health service has not had a positive case since April 1 with over 1,000 tests now completed since March 19. There were...

Yarrawonga Chronicle

Corowa

Corowa Centrelink service opens

The Corowa Intereach office will open for Centrelink customers only, effective Monday, June 29, with strict restrictions applied. The office will only open on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday mornings, from 9am until 12pm. Appointments must be made by...

Yarrawonga Chronicle

Bowlers love being back

There haven’t been any competitions because of the COVID-19 restrictions but with some restrictions eased, plenty of bowlers are now practising their bowling skills. “We’ve been practising over the last month, twenty per green, four only per...

Robert Muir

Howlong teen takes on Dry July

As the Dry July Foundation fundraiser kicks off this month, a local Howlong teen has raised over $1200 before fundraiser period had started. Hannah Lewry decided to participate in the fundraiser after her mother was diagnosed with breast cancer...

Adrienne Hartnett

Support to re-open a good move

The state’s peak business organisation, Business NSW welcomes the announcement of grants to help small businesses reopen or upscale.

Corowa Free Press