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We never got it delivered ourselves but after school I mounted my Malvern Star and did a Herald run

Some like it cool. La Niña! I can scarcely say the name without ...

G’day. I’m Max. I’m a good bloke in need of a new home with a choice companion or two.

SO, MYER Frankston has closed. The final shopping day was Sunday, January 15 but according to social media, most of the bargains were long gone.

Five sustainability and resilience workshops will be held at the Trentham Neighbourhood Centre between February 2 and 23.

I AM never too sure when to stop saying Happy New Year. Is it after the first day of the New Year or do we wait about a week or so?

World-first technology, developed in Denmark, is being used to assess the condition of the Victoria’s flood-ravaged roads.

One of the state's most misspelt acronyms has changed.

In May 2022, I wrote to The Local – Edition 256 – detailing the many issues relating to short stay accommodation within the Hepburn Shire.

The Big Rainbow's final location remains a mystery.

LOL One of my favourite things to do is read The Local and today I grabbed a copy of the first issue for 2023. When I turned to page 14 to read Kyle’s Rant, I laughed so much.

I heard whispers of a trail, in a reserve, on the outskirts of Riddells Creek that I was yet to walk. It’s an hour-long loop full of undulations and changing scenery.

The 50th Lyonville Woodchop will be held on Saturday, February 25 from 10.30am at the Lyonville Hall. Federal Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government Catherine King MP will present the $1300 woodchop championship prize to the winning axeman.

CAROL White is calling time on Lavandula Swiss Italian Farm, putting the historic Shepherds Flat property up for sale.

On Saturday 5th November at the Commercial @ Kingston Hotel, Dr Robert Webster OAM, Victorian RSL State President, opened the ‘Kingston Remembers’ Resource Centre. Kingston was the chosen site of the Creswick Shire Avenue of Honour, planted over 100 years ago.

At last, a return to live music over this traditional, albeit slightly early Australia Day long weekend from Friday, January 20 to Monday, January 23.

Hepburn Shire Council has awarded 18 Small-Scale Artisan Agriculture Grants worth more than $34,000 to farmers and producers in the Central Highlands.

Driving after a dementia diagnosis will be the hot topic of discussion at Central Highlands Rural Health’s annual general meeting on Thursday, February 16 at the Kyneton Ambulatory Care Centre from 7.30pm.

Who are the Comellis and the Bromleys?

Creswick’s Craig Barrett is one of the region’s accomplished artists whose love of landscape and the natural world and the way human endeavour has interacted with it, resonates through his creative output. He has works held in the National Gallery of Victoria, the State Library of Victoria and the Shrine of Remembrance in addition to private and corporate collections. He chatted with journalist Eve Lamb about his love of art and his personal arts practice.

CHRISTMAS '22 came a few days early for two of Daylesford's best known families who discovered they'd just become the proud new owners of The Rex.

Dr Sally Buck never dreamed of becoming a scientist when she grew up. But that was only because she didn’t know it was an option.

Moorabbin Crime Investigation Unit detectives have arrested two men following the theft of a car with a toddler inside at Chelsea on Sunday 8 January.