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Year in Review, September

5 September

At your service after 20 years

BOORT’S dedicated ambulance community officers recently celebrated 20 years of service with Ambulance Victoria.

https://www.gannawarratimes.com.au/news/at-your-service-after-20-years

$2.5m lotto win in Cohuna

A COHUNA resident is a new multi-millionaire, potentially without even realising it, after winning Division 1 in Saturday’s TattsLotto draw.

https://www.gannawarratimes.com.au/news/25m-lotto-win-in-cohuna


12 September

Plan to close one-man police stations shot down

VICTORIA Police has rejected concerns Mallee towns will lose their one-person police stations to fill vacant shifts at larger regional stations.

https://www.gannawarratimes.com.au/news/plan-to-close-one-man-police-stations-shot-down

Father’s Day lotto win

IT was a Father’s Day to remember for one Cohuna dad after being gifted a winning lottery ticket worth $2.5 million from his wife.

https://www.gannawarratimes.com.au/news/fathers-day-lotto-win


19 September

Kerang library turns 20

THE Sir John Gorton Library at Kerang celebrated its 20th birthday with a community event featuring a packed program for children and, of course, a special cake designed to look like a stack of books.

https://www.gannawarratimes.com.au/community/kerang-library-turns-20

GRNL: Back-to-back Blues

MURRABIT won a second consecutive Golden Rivers A Grade premiership, defeating Macorna by 11 goals.

https://www.gannawarratimes.com.au/netball/back-to-back-blues


26 September

Road repairs in fast lane

GANNAWARRA Council has awarded tenders to three separate companies in the hope they speed up road repairs after last year’s floods.

https://www.gannawarratimes.com.au/news/road-repairs-in-fast-lane

Day to remember

THE trophy cabinet at Riverside Park in Kerang will be overflowing once again, after the club scooped the pool at Saturday’s Central Murray grand final.

Highlight of the day was the club’s 10th senior football premiership – the most of any club since the formation of the CMFNL – with a come-from-behind victory against Balranald by 10 points.

https://www.gannawarratimes.com.au/sport/day-to-remember

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