Posts in Category: People and Lifestyle
Religious exploration
FOR Laurence Neal, religion has been a realm of foreign culture and enormous discovery, which has driven his deep-seated curiosity to develop a life-long passion.
Mandi takes next step
IT’S a step in the direction of a “new normal” for the McDonald family, as Mandi, who was critically injured in the tragic deer attack…
Anything to help others
NOT everybody is willing to sacrifice their time, energy and even blood to assist other people, but for Doctor Ravindra Abeyawardana, it’s become a life-long…
Taleah’s 10th a reason to party
REACHING double digits is a milestone in anyone’s book, but for Whorouly girl Taleah Elkington, there is extra reason to celebrate the special birthday.
Appeal to help locals in need this winter
THE community is being asked to dig deep and help a local person in need of warmth and a sheltered place to sleep, by donating…
Community help Sockit2MND, raising over $20,000
IT may have been small scale compared to Big Freeze 5 at the MCG over the Queen’s Birthday long weekend, but Wangaratta’s first ever Sockit2MND…
WPACC’s first wedding expo is a marriage made in heaven
THE Wangaratta Performing Arts and Convention Centre (WPACC) will deliver its first Wedding Expo at the WPACC on Sunday, July 28 from 10am to 3pm.
ROB’S HONOUR
ROB Steel was “very chuffed and very humbled” when told he would be awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia in the weekend’s Queen’s…
More and more discover the Glenrowan food, wine festival
IT seems more and more people are discovering the wonders of the Glenrowan wine region after another successful Queen’s Birthday long weekend.
Battle remains on track at Glenrowan’s station
GLENROWAN residents haven’t given up their fight to protect the heritage of the historic railway station and tracks by staging a re-enactment of a famous…
Wangaratta Aero Modellers to launch book on their history
SATURDAY, June 22, will see the launch of a comprehensive book on the history of the Wangaratta Aero Modellers Club at Wangaratta Library.
D-DAY MEMORIES
IT was an especially crisp winter morning, and central Wangaratta was buzzing around him in mid-morning activity yesterday, but for D-Day veteran Len Maidment, it…