Posts in Category: People and Lifestyle
Morning tea set in style
ENJOY good company and a delicious selection of homemade treats when the Cancer Council Victoria Wangaratta Volunteer Group holds its annual Australia’s Biggest Morning Tea…
No felines for Felicity
LOCAL dog lover Felicity Golding wants to bring out the best in your dog.
Anti- violence campaigner excited by rural city’s future
ANTI-VIOLENCE activist Phil Cleary emerged from two speaking engagements in Wangaratta this week excited and inspired by the community’s willingness to end violence against women,…
Overwhelming support for family
MORE than 400 people from all corners of the region will congregate at the Moyhu Hotel this Sunday in full support of the McDonald family,…
Tributes flow for Rutherglen wine icon, Colin Campbell
RENOWNED North East winemaker Colin Campbell passed away peacefully at his home in Rutherglen on Friday, aged 73 years.
MONDAY’S PEOPLE: Rural passion recognised
A DEEP interest in rural health and social justice has led Doctor Zara La Roche from Melbourne to Wangaratta and has now also qualified her…
Volunteer to give hope
WANGARATTA will benefit from 80 per cent of money raised during this year’s Red Shield Appeal, with the main event set for May 25-26.
NO LET UP IN RELIEF NEEDS
COOLER conditions have heralded the start of local winter appeals, but Wangaratta’s charities say there has been no real lull in the need for their…
RSL marches to new home
Rousing renditions from a glorious pipe band, symbolic links to Wangaratta’s Light Horse history to flag the memories of the fallen, and the sturdy resolve…
COMMUNITY RALLIES
DONATIONS and community support for the McDonald family has been “overwhelming” after Paul McDonald, 46, lost his life, and his wife Mandi McDonald, 45, was…
Online video campaign promotes inner beauty
A LOCAL woman has taken on the issue of body image and encouraged positive personal perception in a video project named Everybody is Beautiful, which…
Support our veterans with appeal donation
THE Wangaratta RSL is collecting for the 2019 Anzac Appeal.