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Around the Schools: Nanneella Estate Primary School

Big Changes for a Small School In 2020, Nanneella Estate Primary School will undergo some staffing changes not seen since the early 1990s. Next year the school staff will reduce from three full-time teachers down to two, due to a dip in student...

James Arbuthnott
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Rochester’s netballers in the spotlight

ROCHESTER’S 145-year sporting history added another chapter on Friday when the recreation reserve unveiled lighting for its netball courts. More than $200,000 went into the project to allow extended opening hours throughout the year and make...

James Arbuthnott
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Lockington circus

LOCKINGTON’S little circus performers had their time in the spotlight recently, showing off their hoola hoop, tumbling, juggling and unicycling skills alongside Circus Oz at the Lockington Community Centre. Grade three to six students from...

James Arbuthnott
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Creative Seeds art exhibition at the Heritage Courthouse

Artists from Rochester and district will lift the veil on new artworks at the second annual Creative Seeds exhibition on November 22 after last year’s successful turnout. A diverse range of artworks in a variety of mediums, including two- and...

James Arbuthnott
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$2 million hay fire at Elmore still burning

AN ELMORE hayshed fire – that is still burning – may have caused close to $2 million damage. The hay, about 3000 bales, was worth more than $500,000 and the damage bill to machinery added a further $1.2 million in losses. And the CFA expects it...

James Arbuthnott
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Campervan and Motorhomes flock to Elmore for national rally

THE freedom of the open road, to travel when you want and stop wherever you want without worrying about accommodation is what drove 1500 people to northern Victoria last month. The 34th National CMCA (Campervan and Motorhome Club of Australia) Rally...

David Chapman
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Rochester Community House break-in

SHAMELESS thieves broke into Rochester’s Community House and shire offices on Saturday night before leaving with petty cash and food donations. The burglars appear to have gained entry through a door in the library before ransacking Community House...

James Arbuthnott
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Alison tackles cancer head-on

To the local sounds of The Healers and with her town by her side, Alison Stewart’s golden-red locks will fall at Lockington Lions Park this Sunday, as she stares bare-faced and bald at her breast cancer diagnosis. She’s raising money for...

James Arbuthnott
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Around the Schools: Rochester Primary

Rochester Primary School Disco The annual school disco is a highlight of the school’s social calendar. Last week our students returned to school for an evening of dancing and doing the limbo. Preps to grade 6 all joined in together with the...

James Arbuthnott
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Car crashes into irrigation channel on Prairie-Rochester Road on Sunday

A woman has been charged with drug and property offences as well as dangerous driving after her car crashed into an irrigation channel on Prairie-Rochester Rd near Lockington yesterday. Emergency services were called to the scene o at 10.35am on...

James Arbuthnott
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Rochester hit by two fires

It was a matter of kilometres between two fires last week, as 600 hay bales were involved in a blaze at Nanneella, and a grass fire threatened a shed and neighbouring properties in Rochester — the incidents starting just minutes apart. Shortly...

James Arbuthnott
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Brian Letton to visit Lockington on Friday, November 8

As part of his national tour and release of his live DVD, “Australia’s number-one country crooner” Brian Letton will hit the stage at Lockington Community Centre on Friday, November 8. Proudly presented by Lockington Lions Club, the $25 tickets...

James Arbuthnott
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Grass fire threatens Random House

A 15 square-metre grassfire started at Rochester’s Random House at 11am yesterday after a spark from a slasher ignited dry grass. The contractor who was mowing the property was able to slow the spread of the blaze with a fire extinguisher...

James Arbuthnott
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REDHS receives $2.6 million nursing home upgrade

Rochester and Elmore District Health Services is set to receive a $2.6 million overhaul to its nursing home using $1.8 million from its capital reserves and $800,000 from the Department of Health and Human Services. Announced by REDHS board chair...

James Arbuthnott
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Firefighters responding to multiple fires in Rochester

Firefighters are currently responding to two fires in Rochester. Three crews were called to a blaze involving 600 hay bales on Echuca-Nanneella Road, Nanneella around 11.25am. Two Rochester crews were called to the blaze on Jess Drive, Rochester...

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Around the Schools: St Joseph’s Primary

Achievement Program — Together we are creating a healthy school! Students, staff and families of St Joseph’s are working in conjunction with REDHS to improve the health and wellbeing of the school and wider community. Our schools...

James Arbuthnott
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Fanny Lumsden at the Colbinabbin Hotel

Fanny Lumsden, the fiercely independent country singer from a farm in western NSW, is coming to Colbinabbin Country Hotel on November 4 as part of her Australia-wide Country Halls tour. Her two ARIA-nominated 2018 albums Real Class Act and debut...

James Arbuthnott
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Photo gallery: Rochester 2019 Show N Shine

The 2019 Rochester Show N Shine went up in smoke after Sunday’s turnout at the caravan park on Church Street to show what they’re really made of

James Arbuthnott

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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...

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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...

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Moama teen crashes car into Echuca power pole

A MOAMA teenager has been charged after a collision in Echuca early Friday. The 18-year-old P-plater was lucky to escape injury after crashing her Holden Cruz sedan into a concrete power pole at the corner of Crofton and Dickson streets just before...

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Warramunda grants dying wish

THE wish of an elderly farmer was granted just hours before he passed away thanks to the Royal Flying Doctors Service and Warramunda Aged Care. John Hall, 84, visited his beloved farm and horses in Echuca earlier this month and enjoyed a beer with...

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