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Compliments to chef Lizzy at The Savoia

04-02-2023

THE Savoia Hotel in Hepburn Springs has been a fixture of the region for 150 years in some form, or name, or another.

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Jewellery worth more than $2M stolen in Dandenong armed robbery

04-02-2023

Greater Dandenong Crime Investigation Unit detectives are appealing for information after jewellery and cash valued at more than two million dollars was stolen during an armed robbery in Dandenong in late December.

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Central Highlands artist profiles

03-02-2023

GLENLYON artist Pam Gleeson brings her background discipline as a professional photographer to her creation of imposing landscapes that reflect her deep love of the land and its stories. Pam is no slouch when it comes to observing detail. She’s previously worked as a medical scientist. Here, she chats to The Local journalist Eve Lamb about her art.

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Meet Stella Savy, conductor of the Creswick Chorus

03-02-2023

Quite a few will know her as the friendly face up front conducting the Creswick Chorus, Creswick’s own community choir for adults who like to sing.

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PETstock: For all creatures great and small

03-02-2023

As all pet owners know, running out of pet food is not an option.

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Cosmo BLOOMing

03-01-2023

BLOOM, an exhibition of new paintings by local artist Kevin Smith is now showing at the The Cosmopolitan Hotel in Trentham

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Hepburn House and regional Vic: best ever

02-02-2023

Jo Beswick has already led an amazing life but she says moving to the Central Highlands and taking up the position of care manager at Hepburn House are the “best decisions ever."

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Must sees at ChillOut 2023

02-02-2023

Daylesford is a special place, and Emma Ireland would know.

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Driving down emissions

02-02-2023

ELECTRIC vehicle owners are keenly watching to see when the newly installed charge station at Creswick will come online.

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Police appeal for witnesses, dashcam footage following Laanecoorie fatality

02-02-2023

Police were earlier on scene investigating a fatal collision that happened at Laanecoorie on Monday morning earlier this week.

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The doco history of the projectionists’ craft

01-02-2023

A DECADE ago, cinema complexes across Australia were going digital, dumping their old analog equipment and almost overnight, projectionists found themselves out of a job.

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Community Awards recipients announced

01-02-2023

HUMBLED and “a bit surprised” is the way farmer John Drife describes discovering he’s this year’s Hepburn Shire Citizen of the Year.

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Teen charged with murder following fatal St Kilda stabbing

01-02-2023

Detectives from the Homicide Squad have in recent days charged a teenage boy with murder as part of their investigation into a fatal stabbing in St Kilda in December,

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An evening of Indian classical music with Manish Pingle

01-02-2023

Renowned Indian slide guitarist Manish Pingle is preparing to bring his virtuosic playing to Hepburn Spring later this month.

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New citizens welcomed to Hepburn Shire

02-02-2023

Twenty-one people took the pledge to become Australian citizens at Hepburn Shire Council's civic event last Wednesday, January 25.

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Motorcyclist on expired learners permit arrested after attempting to evade police at more than 200km/h

31-01-2023

A motorcyclist on an expired learners permit has been arrested after attempting to evade police at more than 200km/h

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Care for a little crochet and conversation?

31-01-2023

The Gisborne library is hosting a free event offering crochet know-how and conversation

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The French House sets a sales record for Trentham

04-02-2023

A CUSTOM-built house set on grounds of just under an acre has set a new residential sales record for Trentham, selling for $2.2 million in recent weeks

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Zac Anthony does the SupperClub

31-01-2023

Zac Anthony has been performing on stages around the globe for over 20 years as the front person and songwriter for The Wellingtons.

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Water Police arrest man in stolen boat at Point Lonsdale

31-01-2023

A 38-year-old Mickleham man was arrested by Water Police officers after the intercept of a stolen boat at Point Lonsdale earlier this month.

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Too much booze, drive-through snooze

30-01-2023

A 20-year-old man's dreams of a hunger-crushing burger left police to wonder, “would you like fines with that?” as they woke a man in a fast-food drive-through in Preston earllier this month.

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Investigation following Deer Park shooting

30-01-2023

Armed Crime Squad detectives are investigating after a man was shot several times in Deer Park earlier this month.

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Timboon fatal crash: police seek dashcam footage, witness reports

30-01-2023

Police have been investigating a fatal single vehicle crash that happened in Timboon in recent days.

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Odesa to host Owen Campbell and Gabby Steel

30-01-2023

Blues-rock exponent Owen Campbell and folk-pop multi-instrumentalist both take to the stage Creswick's Odesa at Leaver's hotel in March.

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