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Campaspe Shire decks the halls in Echuca for Christmas

IT’S beginning to look a lot like Christmas around Campaspe Shire as council has decked the collective halls for the festive season. Mayor Adrian Weston said council had been working with community and business groups to create and install...

Lachlan Durling
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Works to slow Ogilvie Ave

TRAFFIC at one of Ogilvie Avenue’s most notorious intersection will be disrupted until mid-December as water main relocation works are carried out. Water main relocation works at the intersection of Sturt, Old Aerodrome Rd and Ogilvie Ave have begun...

Lachlan Durling
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Njernda take stand against family violence as part of Campaspe DASH

DOMESTIC violence is never simple. There is no silver bullet, no quick fix. And when it comes to family violence in the local indigenous community, the issue can become even more complex. And devastating, as the ripple effects stretch beyond the...

Charmayne Allison
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Echuca Regional Health staff dash to raise awareness of domestic violence

THEY say the first step in solving a problem is recognising it exists. Which is why Echuca Regional Health physiotherapists Lucy Irwin and James Black will be taking part in the Campaspe DASH.

Charmayne Allison
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Campers abandon 18 campfires near Cohuna

Eighteen abandoned campfires were found in forests and parks near Cohuna following the Melbourne Cup long weekend.

Ivy Jensen
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Moama man conned out of savings gets early Christmas present

AN ECHUCA woman has shown what the true meaning of Christmas is; giving $700 to a Moama man conned out of his savings in an elaborate online scam.

Ivy Jensen
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Councils encouraged to apply for sporting infrastructure funding

THE VICTORIAN Government has invited local councils to apply for funding to improve sporting clubs as part of anew $22 million Local Sports Infrastructure Fund. Councils can apply for the funding across five streams including aquatic centres and...

Riverine Herald
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Vandals smash windows at two Echuca shops

POLICE are looking for vandals who smashed windows at two Echuca businesses on Friday night. Echuca’s Senior Constable Scott Newton said two males were captured on CCTV walking past COPS (Computer Office Printer Solutions) on Darling St at 10.09pm...

Ivy Jensen
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Christmas Cheer returns to bring hope to local families

FOR one little Echuca boy, it seemed like last year’s Christmas would never come. His mum had been torn from him when she was suddenly, tragically, killed in a car accident.

Charmayne Allison
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Port of Echuca Discovery Centre says thanks Mrs Coulson

ONE of Echuca’s most influential historians is being honoured with a temporary exhibition at the Port of Echuca Discovery centre. ‘Thank you Mrs Coulson’ will be on display throughout the Discovery Centre’s Interpretive Centre from November 29...

Lachlan Durling
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Echuca Water Tower scaffolding to be removed

SCAFFOLDING around the historic Echuca Water Tower will be removed following two rounds of maintenance works this year.

Charmayne Allison
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Desperate Echuca-Moama families face no Christmas

TOO many Echuca-Moama families may have to call off Christmas this year as drought and soaring bills leave more and more locals treading water.

Charmayne Allison
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Increased traffic between Cohuna and Murrabit during Massive Murray Paddle

MOTORISTS are advised of increased traffic between Cohuna and Murrabit during the afternoon of Thursday, 21 November as canoe and kayaking enthusiasts make their way to the last leg of the Massive Murray Paddle. More than 400 canoe and kayaking...

Ari Balle-Bowness
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Jonathon Schroder and family farewell Echuca

BEING in the ministering business is not unlike working for the world’s biggest multinational corporation. It doesn’t matter what location, or denomination, you are still reporting to the same boss. And God, it would seem, works in mysterious...

Riverine Herald
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CLRS CEO reflects on her time at the helm

AFTER two decades with Community Living & Respite Services, chief executive Suzanna Barry is hanging up her chief executive runners. That’s not to say she won’t still be a powerful ally for the organisation — or that she won’t still take...

Lachlan Durling
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EMTC seeking mature thespians for one-act plays

AFTER last year’s success of Quartet, Echuca-Moama Theatre Company will stage not one but two one-act plays next year. And an information night will be held tomorrow for actors thinking about having a crack. Last Tango in Little Grimley and...

Ivy Jensen
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Annabella Clothing: all about making women feel good

A NURSE for 30 years, Kelly Robson knows a thing or two about looking after people. Only now, she is dressing them and making them look and feel like a million dollars. Well, women at least. The Echuca mum of three has been run off her feet since...

Ivy Jensen
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Fleeing for their lives

Echuca family watched in horror as a former twin towns’ resident filmed herself fleeing for her life, surrounded by fire during the catastrophic NSW bushfires. Subscribe to see the video and full article below...

Riverine Herald

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Body recovered from Lake Benalla - UPDATED

Benalla Police and SES are currently searching the Lake Benalla shoreline with an area from the Art Gallery around to the showgrounds taped off. We are waiting on Victoria Police to contact us with more information which we will share with you as...

Simon Ruppert
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Shepparton boxer Dwight Ritchie dies aged 27 in training accident

Shepparton’s sporting community is in shock after boxer Dwight Ritchie died tragically on Saturday in a freak training injury. The 27-year-old was sparring with WBA Oceania middleweight champion Michael Zerafa in Melbourne, when he was struck with...

Alex Mitchell
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Major collision at Curr Road intersection

POLICE have confirmed two vehicles are involved in a collision at the corners of Curr Road and Graham Road. Graham Road is currently closed to traffic between Scobie Road and Curr Road, and police are urging motorists to avoid the area. Ambulance...

Holly Tregenza
Riverine Herald

Echuca man arrested over wild car chase through five towns

A CAR ran headfirst into another vehicle in Echuca while allegedly driving at dangerous speeds, at times on the wrong side of the road while fleeing from police through five towns yesterday. Police from nine towns were involved in trying to corner...

Ivy Jensen