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Back row (from left): Cr Rebecca Bowles, Pam Petersen and Cr Leigh Dunscombe. Front row: Cr Sandice McAulay, Shirley Doyle, Cr Margaret Rae, Sue Wynn, Cr Charlie Bisset, and Mary Webb Alexandra’s She Shed members presented Murrindindi Shire Councillors with handmade knee rugs to ensure they stay warm during the chilly Council meetings. Murrindindi Shire

Bringing together locals and visitors for its third year, the Marysville Jazz and Blues Weekend will come alive on Friday, October 20 – Sunday, October 22. The award-winning festival is set to celebrate music, food, wine, and community. Programming highlights for this year’s festival include Russell Morris, Geoff Achison and the Soul Diggers, Lloyd Spiegel,

Murrindindi Shire Council’s school holiday program has something for everyone aged from 12-25 years. Council is teaming with Kinglake’s Ellimatta Youth Inc to provide day trips during the holidays (from September 25 to October 8) to Maroondah Mini Golf and Adventure Park, Watermarc indoor aquatic centre at Greensborough, Forest Adventures at the Kinglake Wilderness Camp

The Andrews Government should make Victoria’s kangaroo pet food scheme ongoing and extend it to include deer, Member for Euroa Steph Ryan said this week. Ms Ryan told Parliament that landholders in the Strathbogie Ranges had reported seeing deer on their properties. “Deer are a pest animal that do enormous damage to the environment,” Ms

The Victorian State Government has stepped in to secure water and sewerage for the residents of Rubicon Village. Clare Kiely, Regional Director of the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, says that the State Government will pay the $967 weekly payment necessary to start the service. When that time expires, the Owners Corporation at

Editor Ash Long previews this Wednesday’s issue of The Local Paper – available at more than 70 outlets in the North-East, online at www.LocalPaper.com.au, and also online at www.Dindi.com.au

Yea’s October Country Market has been the venue for Yea’s annual celebration of St Francis Day with a traditional Blessing of Pets Service. Sadly, the Market Committee has had to call a halt to the markets for 2017, and many may be wondering what this may mean for their pets. St Luke’s Anglican Parish is

The City of Whittlesea is seeking to appoint two highly motivated and appropriately experienced and qualified persons as independent external members to join its Audit and Risk Committee to help drive a bold and innovative service and infrastructure agenda to enhance the lives of people within the municipality. The appointments will be for a term

UPDATE: An elderly hiker missing for three days in freezing conditions in Victoria’s alpine region has been found dead on Sunday morning. Police Search and Rescue with the assistance of Bush Search and Rescue members were searching for a missing elderly man Leslie Southwell. The 88-year-old man was hiking with his friends in North East

Popular writer Richard Cornish has highlighted six attractions of the Kinglake region, in a featured in The Age. Foggy Mountain Bluegrass Festival Philip Lobley Wines (Glenburn) Flying Tarts Cafe Bowden Spur cycling Wombat Park Masons Falls Bluegrass Festival The people in Kinglake refer to their hometown as “The Mountain”. At about 600 metres above sea