Overall crowd behaviour was praised as the fifth edition of Beyond the Valley festival attracted 20,000 revellers to Lardner Park to bring in the new year. Reports indicate local businesses benefitted from an influx of festival goers who sought refuge…
Baw Baw police services area inspector Alison Crombie has warned residents not to become complacent as crime statistics continue to rise. Latest crime data recently released by the Crime Statistics Agency showed a 17.2 per cent increase in the number…
Local kindergarten teacher Melissa Rankine was farewelled after 24 years at Oak Street Kindergarten in Drouin with a surprise-filled morning. Melissa, who is taking long service leave before embarking on retirement, was left shocked when her colleagues surprised her with…
The Drouin Picnic Races have been run and won without a hitch under beautiful sunny skies at the Drouin Racing Club on Boxing Day. It was a father-son combination that took home the Drouin Cup title, with Derek the Viking,…
A courageous young woman said a fond farewell from St Paul’s Anglican Grammar School after achieving her education dream. Year 12 student Roshaun Watson arrived at St Paul’s from a remote community in Western Australia in 2016 with a dream…
Warragul Farmers’ Market returned to its winter site on Saturday after a market volunteer discovered a sink hole on the grass area of the former Warragul diving pool on Friday. The volunteer noticed a large area of wet ground and…
Three Landcare groups received a collective total of $20,000 in grants from the Bunyip Community Bank at a presentation held last week at Peppermint Ridge, Tynong. Bunyip Landcare received $5692. The group will use the grant to plant new trees…
A real community effort produced joy and smiles to 110 needy families last week leading into Christmas. A visit to the Warragul Salvation Army on Tuesday saw volunteers of all ages packing food hampers for families doing it tough in…
“It’s a sad day” echoed repetitively across the Warragul Saleyards on Wednesday as the last pens of adult cattle were sold. For some of the saleyards “characters” it was the end of more than 70 years going to the yards,…
Former owners of Utopia Pet Lodge at Longwarry North, now used as Baw Baw Shire’s municipal pound, have strongly rejected statements by council that they approached council to buy the property. “We never approached the council,” Glenn Cunningham told The…
