Local People

Perce The Proofreader was using COVID-19 downtime to check his old video collection and came across an episode of the Homicide TV program from December 1968. Perce reckons the boy is the late Rodney Crawford, then of Mendip Rd, Reservoir, and later of St Andrews. The episode was entitled The Four Wise Men.

A Kilmore man now knows it pays to always wear his glasses after initially misreading his $550,000 TattsLotto win as a $500 prize. The happy man held one of the nine division one winning entries nationally in TattsLotto draw 4081, drawn Saturday (Aug. 29). Each entry took home a division one prize of $555,248.73. The

The Whittlesea Agricultural Society Inc. has, decided to cancel the 2020 annual Whittlesea Show. The decision was announced on Friday night (July 24). “The continuing restrictions associated with COVID-19, especially the management of social-distancing and the possible risk to public health during large events were the major factors for this decision,” said a WAS spokesman.

COVID-19 has claimed another victim – but hopefully only temporarily.Yea Railway Market organisers announced this week that their monthly event will not proceed for the time being. The popular attraction is usually held on the first Saturday of the month. The Coronavirus restrictions stopped the Market occurring in April, May and June, and the Saturday

Cr Leigh Dunscombe has introduced local group Soloman and Lacey in the latest Dindi Live podcast.

Home-grown local talent can be heard in ‘The Dindi Sessions’ this Saturday (May 16) when local band Satis Intent perform their premiere track Cherry River. This can be viewed on the Murrindindi Shire Youth Facebook page. There are releases of original music from talented young artists across the Murrindindi Shire. ‘The Dindi Sessions’ is an

It was an unusual ANZAC Day observance in Yea on Saturday (Apr. 25). Instead of a crowd of some hundreds, there were five people at the Cenotaph: • Jeffrey Swain, President of the Yea-Kinglake RSL Sub-Branch,• Frank Philip, Vice-President,• Mother Eden-Elizabeth Nicholls, of St Luke’s Anglican Parish, Yea and Molesworth,• Michelle Mussett, piper, and• Elaine

J.H. Coombs, of Seymour Lodge, has been given a top honour by Freemasons Victoria. He has been promoted to the grand rank of Past Junior Grand Warden, in a list released on Thursday (Mar. 26) by the fraternity’s Grand Master, Keith Murray. Another Seymour Lodge member, Donald Wilson, has been named as a recipient of

The Purvis family has uncovered a century-old Minute Book that reveals history of the long-forgotten King Parrot Football Association. The Minute Book, written in the hand of Hon. Secretary W.G. Purvis, commenced from the first days of the Association in May 1913. A meeting was held with representatives from Homewood (W. Purvis, G. Forbes), Strath

Gabrielle Williams, State Minister for the Prevention of Family Violence, has visited Yea to see the Horses Assisting You program in action and hear first-hand from those who have benefited from equine therapy. Delivered by Nexus Primary Health, Primary Care Connect and Family Care, equine therapy is a relatively new form of psychological treatment in