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Moama Echuca Botanic Gardens look to local artist for next project

THE Moama Echuca Botanic Gardens will stand a little bit taller if a local group gets its latest wish. Friends of the Moama Echuca Botanic Gardens hopes to secure a $30,000 Regional Arts Fund grant to install a 3m art installation by Moama artist...

Andrew Johnston
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KDHS conducts COVID-19 testing at HW Greenham and Sons

KYABRAM District Health Service (KDHS) recently attended HW Greenham and Sons, Tongala, where they conducted a COVID-19 asymptomatic testing blitz on 260 employees. To comply with the guidance of the Department of Health and Human Services, four...

Jared Prestwidge
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NSW-Victoria border closure “profoundly disadvantaging” border communities

ECHUCA-MOAMA community leaders are calling on governments to address NSW-Victoria border issues, which are “profoundly disadvantaging” border communities.

Anna McGuinness
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‘Notorious’ Echuca intersection set for upgrade

A “NOTORIOUS” Echuca intersection will be upgraded thanks road safety funding through the Black Spot Program.

Ivy Jensen
Education

Mathoura Public School finds main squeeze for fundraising

WHEN life gives you lemons, you make lemonade. But when it gives you mandarins, in Mathoura Public School’s case, you make money. On the back of COVID-19 restrictions cancelling the school’s fundraising efforts this year, the Parents and Citizens...

Alex Gretgrix
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Johnno’s Run goes virtual

IT WASN’T the usual Johnno’s Run in 2020, but that doesn’t mean it wasn’t as successful.

Brayden May
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Campaspe Shire’s 10-year plan to come back to councillors

CAMPASPE Shire Council’s 10-year plan will go back before staff to be updated for anomalies and to specify that it is only an indicative costing. At the July 21 council meeting the costings for capital works until June 2030 was presented, with...

Lachlan Durling
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Tourism to take a hit from Echuca-Moama border closure

A CLOSURE of the NSW border is not a line between two towns. It’s is cutting one community in half. That is the message from Echuca Moama Tourism chief executive Kathryn Mackenzie, who said a border closure would be devastating for tourism...

Andrew Johnston
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Students go digital to find future career

WHILE large gatherings still aren’t permitted during the coronavirus pandemic, this hasn’t stopped the Beacon Foundation from helping their students with their futures. On a normal year, students from five schools around the twin towns would have...

Alex Gretgrix
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ACCC investigates Echuca Luxury Houseboats complaints

THE consumer watchdog is investigating complaints against Echuca Luxury Houseboats relating to COVID-19 cancellations. It comes after dozens of people claimed they were left thousands of dollars out-of-pocket after they had to cancel their holidays...

Ivy Jensen
Lifestyle

Victor builds a new routine

THINGS are quiet around the building at Vivid Living. The COVID-19 shutdown means far fewer people inside than usual, and clients working in a one-on-one setting they usually wouldn’t have in the past. While it’s not how most of Vivid’s...

Andrew Johnston
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Salvage starts to refloat Amphibious

Like some behemoth; the stricken PV Amphibious is slowly being salvaged from the murky depths of the Murray after sinking a week ago.

Brayden May
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DW Law come full circle

IN RECENT times, the day-to-day operation of property law firm DW Law have come full circle. Dianne Taylor started the firm in 1993 after arriving in Echuca from Melbourne and since then the practice has thrived serving thousands of clients from...

Riverine Herald
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Nicholas WJ Rolfe & Associates are here to support Echuca-Moama

Nicholas WJ Rolfe & Associates began life as a criminal law firm over 15 years ago. Since then, the firm has continued to grow. It maintains a strong focus on crime, however the team of three solicitors and one conveyancing clerk provide advice...

Riverine Herald
Lifestyle

Front door photography proves popular in Echuca-Moama region

IT IS lucky for Mathoura-based photographer Zowie Crump that petrol is cheap. She has been run off her feet with her business, The Art of Zowie Photography.

Lachlan Durling
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Echuca Regional Health asymptomatic testing clinic closed

ECHUCA Regional Health has today announced the closure of its asymptomatic COVID-19 testing clinic.

Brayden May
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The Amphibious sinks in Port of Echuca

The Paddle Vessel Amphibious sank in the Murray on Saturday evening.

Riverine Herald
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Moama man bailed after alleged firearm theft

A MAN accused of threatening another man with a firearm during an argument Moama last month has been released on bail.

Ivy Jensen

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Regional Victoria to move to step three

REGIONAL Victoria will move to Step Three of the Victorian Government’s COVID-19 roadmap from 11.59pm on Wednesday – but freedom is still not on the agenda until the end of November.

Brayden May
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COVID-19 restrictions loosen from next Sunday for regional Victoria

Gatherings of up to five people will be allowed in outdoor public places while single parents and people living alone will be able to nominate a friend or family member to visit them, as part of eased restrictions.

Charmayne Allison
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$23,128 party breach in Yarrawonga

A party in Yarrawonga on the weekend turned costly when local police intervened and issued 14 $1,652 fines totalling $23,128 for COVID infringements as police patrols beef up with a focus on a 24-hour response.

Yarrawonga Chronicle
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NSW-Victoria border restrictions to be eased for border communities

NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian announced on Wednesday that anything allowed under step three in regional Victoria will be allowed in border communities.

Brayden May