Community
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Celebrating 100 years of Girl Guides history
ONE hundred years after its founding, Kerang Girl Guides has celebrated its proud history of community involvement. Past and current Guides from across the state…
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Have your say on Connecting Gannawarra project
RESIDENTS of six Gannawarra Shire communities are encouraged to attend upcoming community meetings to learn about how the Connecting Gannawarra project is progressing. Funded by…
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Achievements of youth recognised
YOUNG people living the in Gannawarra Shire who contribute to their community are eligible for awards through a popular program. Gannawarra Shire Council and Northern…
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Have your say
MEETINGS will be held across the Gannawarra Shire from next month to lock in priorities determined in recent community engagement. Residents in the Lakes District,…
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New era for show society
IT is the beginning of a new era for the Kerang and District Agricultural Society under its first female leader. Sharon Ash recently became the…
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Veterans feel valued with Anzac Day mark of respect
KERANG RSL president Rob Sutterby understands how difficult it can be for veterans to reintegrate into civilian life. At a small branch set to commemorate…
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Hilda still keeping on
“JUST keep getting up every day.” That was the advice from 100-year-old Hilda Radcliffe when asked what the secret to her many years was. “There’s…
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Lions Biggest BBQ in Kerang
THE Lions Club of Kerang will hold a Lions Biggest BBQ event at the Kerang Community Market on Saturday. President Ros Campbell said all proceeds…
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Nature day at Koorangie Marshes
THE North Central Catchment Management Authority is hosting a nature day at Koorangie Marshes, near Kerang, on Thursday. The free event, from 10am-2pm, will feature…
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Bank ‘brutal and uncaring’, says MP
THE Nationals state leader and Member for Murray Plains Peter Walsh says he is “furious with Bendigo Bank” over planned closures in Cohuna and Pyramid…
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Protest calls Bendigo Bank to account
MORE than 250 people turned out in Cohuna last Thursday to protest over planned Bendigo Bank agency closures in that town, Pyramid Hill and Barham.…
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Country market a treat
A LARGE crowd enjoyed the bumper annual Easter Saturday Murrabit Country Market. There were 90 stallholders spread across 150 sites. The market’s Narelle O’Donoghue said…