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Woodworking shed is Len Taylor’s favourite space

Nestled behind Shepparton Sports Stadium is a small shed housing a creator’s dream. With wood samples lining the walls, machines humming in the background and sawdust coating the floors, it is obvious how this would be a woodworker’s paradise...

Liz Mellino
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I can’t believe it’s been a year since I didn’t become a better person

SANDY LLOYD’S RESOLUTIONS GO IN ONE YEAR AND OUT THE OTHER It’s the third week of January, 18 days since 2020 began — so how are those new year’s resolutions going? The promises to yourself to lose weight or get fit or clean...

Sandy Lloyd
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Sarah Todd gives tips for stress-free school lunches

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Kitten is looking for her forever home

With beautiful blue eyes and a sweet young face, kitten Zena would make the perfect companion for someone looking for a friend. The 10-week-old Birman cross is currently being housed at Shepparton Animal Shelter awaiting a new family to adopt her...

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Can pub - and ants - be tiny town’s saviour?

Veteran journalist Gus Underwood discovered there is a tiny town in South Australia being revived by a pub and possibly - of all things - a prehistoric ant. Jeff and Karen Brown admitted they had never heard of a place call Poochera and initially...

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Marvel Universe Live! Tickets Competition Terms and Conditions

Marvel Universe Live! Tickets Competition Terms and Conditions 1. Instructions on how to enter and prize information forms part of these Terms and Conditions. Participation in any competition is deemed as acceptance of these Terms and Conditions. 2...

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Bad Boys Movie Tickets Competition Terms and Conditions

Bad Boys Movie Tickets Competition Terms and Conditions 1. Instructions on how to enter and prize information forms part of these Terms and Conditions. Participation in any competition is deemed as acceptance of these Terms and Conditions. 2. The...

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Dolittle Movie Tickets Competition Terms and Conditions

Dolittle Movie Tickets Competition Terms and Conditions 1. Instructions on how to enter and prize information forms part of these Terms and Conditions. Participation in any competition is deemed as acceptance of these Terms and Conditions. 2. The...

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Everyone’s crazy for Kieko

Although Rodney Braithwaite and his dog, Kieko, are separated by 730 km and the Bass Strait, he can still find time to take her to the vet. “She’s a 40 kg Rhodesian ridgeback cross German short-haired pointer,” he...

Ilias Bakalla
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ConnectGV’s new state-of-the-art home will meet demands of staff, clients

This year we will see the fruits of ConnectGV’s incredible foresight: a brand new purpose-built day centre that will rise out of the car park just across the road from the old one on Bowenhall St.

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The Walls Have Spoken at Rushworth Hall

The Walls Have Spoken – the first 150 years of the Shire Hall at Rushworth is the title of a new book to mark the big birthday of the Heritage Council Victoria-listed building, written by former resident Alan McLean. The book recalls hall...

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Meet Shepparton’s next firefighter, our next hero

There’s never been a busier time to be a newly-recruited Shepparton firefighter.

Ed McLeish
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Fishing impacted by fires across Victoria

What a horrible start to the year. Of course, I am referring to the bushfires that have been raging for the past couple of weeks, with no real sign of them being brought under control. What is needed is some heavy, widespread rain, to help the...

Kevin Tyler
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‘Let’s just call what is it - a climate emergency’

There are people in Shepparton ready to hit some goals in 2020 to protect our environment.

Holly Tregenza
Lifestyle

The adorable and mischievous Mr Weenie

Shepparton’s Mr Weenie is gracing the internet with his presence. The six-month-old miniature dachshund regularly posts on his Instagram page — @theoriginalmrweenie — controlled by his ‘mum and dad’ Georgia Palma and...

Ilias Bakalla
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Sharing a passion for singing

Local choir Turaton will once again be entertaining crowds at Shepparton’s Carols By Candlelight tomorrow night. The not-for-profit theatrical group has been running since 1944 and has participated in Carols By Candlelight for more than 40 years...

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Mind the ‘F’ word for a stress-free Christmas

It’s important to mind the ‘F’ word if you want to be stress-free this Christmas. I know what you are thinking. But what I mean by the ‘F’ word is finance and family, which I have found to be the most significant source of...

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The Force is strong with this one

It was opening night of the original Star Wars film at the Bendigo cinemas in 1977. No Episode IV – A New Hope back then. That came later, as the saga grew — back then it was just Star Wars

Sandy Lloyd

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Euroa blaze under control, heroic firefighters celebrated

Firefighters have been celebrated in their efforts to contain a bushfire in Euroa, which burnt about 350 ha and threatened the township.

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Shepparton man identified as victim of fatal crash

A 33-year-old Shepparton man has been identified as the victim of Monday’s fatal collision in Arcadia. The man, originally from NSW, was involved in the collision at the intersection of Euroa-Shepparton Rd and Karramomus Rd about 11 am...

Liz Mellino
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Power restored after outages in Mooroopna and surrounds

Hundreds of people are currently without power in Mooroopna, Ardmona, Tatura and surrounds.

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Fatal collision in Arcadia

A driver has died following a collision with a truck in Arcadia this morning.

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