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GARDEN PROJECT BLOOMS
THE high priority Children’s Garden project that will cost $626,000 for Wangaratta’s Mitchell Avenue Precinct has been awarded to ‘Agency of Sculpture’ to design and…
‘HOT PROPERTY’
WANGARATTA has become ‘hot property’, with retail and commercial interest in the city’s CBD hitting a 12 month high. Mike Noble of Garry Nash and…
TESTING TIMES
CATHOLIC parishioners in Wangaratta will need to “change the habits of a lifetime”, according to parish priest Fr Mike Pullar, as local churches follow new…
Pop-up test site
A SCREENING centre for COVID-19 has opened in Norton Street to test people with symptoms of coronavirus.
VIRUS IMPACT
TWO off-shore student trips have been postponed or cancelled by Galen Catholic College, in response to the coronavirus. A group of students was due to…
MOVING FORWARD
MOMENTUM is building for the King Valley Infrastructure Project, a multi-faceted initiative centred around the upgrade of the Wangaratta-Whitfield Road. Organisers behind the project, which…
CLUB KICKS
THE Richmond Football Club is holding a three-day department conference in Wangaratta and surrounding towns including Whorouly, Myrtleford, Bright and Oxley to give much needed…
WE WANT MORE
THE success of yesterday’s blockbuster AFL pres-season clash between heavyweights Richmond and Collingwood has only strengthened council’s resolve to secure more games into the future….
Footy & fillies
ALL eyes will be on Wangaratta this weekend as the city prepares to host two massive sporting events drawing thousands of fans to town and…
Summer’s fashionable end at our Cup carnival
WITH ideal weather conditions forecast for the weekend, the Wangaratta Cup Carnival looks like it will be ideal for both the fillies and the fashion…
$93M SOLAR FARM
RURAL City of Wangaratta councillors were last night asked to approve a 60 megawatt solar farm costing $93 million, proposed on existing farm land on…
RAIL NIGHTMARE
THE Rail Tram and Bus Union Victoria (RTBU) has criticised the Australian Rail Track Corporation (ARTC) for allowing XPT to travel at normal speed under…