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Sam Fleming | IT is one of the greatest times of year for a child, when they get to write a Christmas list to send to Santa Claus so he can bring them what they’ve been hoping for. Maybe it is a new bike, a cricket bat, a dollhouse or a remote control car – that special something that would light up the child’s eyes. While all children are able to write their list and hope Santa returns their wishes, the sad reality … Continue reading 0 Comments
Kristy McDonald | VISITORS from as far away as the UK flooded into Balmoral on Saturday night for the second annual Balmoral Rodeo, where Dartmoor cowboy James Sclanders took out two events, including the coveted open bull. More than 80 riders had registered … Continue reading 0 Comments
Emma-Jayne Schenk | TELSTRA sent an executive to Hamilton to brief Mayor Albert Calvano on the outage, after he failed to represent his community at a recent meeting in Warrnambool. Telstra area manager, Bill Mundy and chief operations officer, Brendan Riley, travelled to … Continue reading 0 Comments
Emma-Jayne Schenk | IT will cost $10 million to rebuild the Telstra telephone exchange, plus millions in compensation for suffering businesses and residents – but Telstra’s biggest hurdle will be rebuilding trust. This is the message from Telstra chief executive, David Thodey who … Continue reading 0 Comments
Emma-Jayne Schenk | A FIREWORKS operator has been confirmed for Hamilton’s New Year’s Eve celebrations – but one local electrician believes he should have been chosen, after giving so much to the community in the past. Southern Star will carry out the fireworks … Continue reading
Rex Martinich | THE uncertainty over the Hamilton Red Meat Innovation Centre may have been a misunderstanding between the Agriculture Minister and research staff. Western Victoria MP and former Victorian Farmers Federation president, Simon Ramsay said some comments from Agriculture Minister, Peter Walsh, … Continue reading
Kristy McDonald | UNPREDICTABLE weather didn’t keep the crowds away from the Merino Community Festival at the weekend, with more than 500 through the gates once again and more than $11,000 raised for the community. The festival committee’s Natalie Rhook said the group … Continue reading
Spectator-Observer Partnership | TWO Casterton residents, who took it upon themselves to punish a man who didn’t pick up his cigarette butt, have both been placed on a good behaviour bond for their “vigilante” behaviour. Daniel Leslie Francis, 27, of Humphries Rd, Casterton, … Continue reading
Spectator-Observer Partnership | A MAN responsible for maintaining a local cricket pitch threatened a 70-year-old, telling him “I will punch your head in”, after the elderly man wrote a letter to The Spectator about the appalling pitch. Jarrod Leslie Dawson, 33, of Burns … Continue reading
Ian Lewis | MAYOR WANTS EXPLANATION FROM TELSTRA MAYORS from across the Western District met with Telstra representatives in Warrnambool last Friday in a bid to get some answers to the telecommunications disaster that cut the district from the remainder of the … Continue reading
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