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31 Aug 10 | DISAGREEMENTS, says Johannes Van Ballekom, might almost be the secret to a successful marriage.
"Making up is the best part," he jokes.
Johannes and wife Maria should know. They celebrated 60
31 Aug 10 |
MOORABOOL residents are being urged to dig deep this week for the annual Legacy Week appeal.
Tokens, wristbands, pens and other items will be available at the Coles shopping centre until Friday
31 Aug 10 | A MOORABOOL Shire Council forum will consider further revisions to the Bacchus Marsh heritage study before forwarding it to a state government panel.
In a bid to speed up implementation of the s
31 Aug 10 | Reporter MEG SOBEY meets choir member Vic Magri as part of the Express Telegraph's profile on the characters who make up Melton and surrounds.
'You get addicted to music before anything els
31 Aug 10 | CROWDS filled the glasses at Galli and Witchmount estates during the 23rd annual Sunbury Wine Region Festival.
The six-day show ended on Sunday.
Longview Creek vineyard owner and Sunbury Distric
31 Aug 10 | ENVIRONMENTALIST Gavin Webber is encouraging people to knock on the green door.
He will be opening his family home on 57 Argyll Circuit, Melton, between 10am and 4pm on September 12 for Sustainable
31 Aug 10 | AVOIDABLE muscle and bone injuries in the workplace cost Melton businesses more than $5million in the past year, according to WorkSafe.
Strategic programs director Trevor Martin said that while the
31 Aug 10 | THE sights and smells of America are still fresh in the mind of Dominic Boratto.
The Bacchus Marsh resident, 15, and Melton brothers Ben, 16, and Malcolm McLeod, 12, were among seven Scouts who rep
31 Aug 10 | Wheely proud
St Catherine's Primary School pupils Zoe and Dylan try out their new wheels after getting free bikes from the state government. They are among grade6 pupils from several schools who r
31 Aug 10 |
MELTON is still waiting for more shops two years after being promised an expansion of Woodgrove shopping centre.
In September 2008, Melton Council approved a master plan to double the size of t
31 Aug 10 | LOCALS now have a collective voice with a residents group finally up and running in Melton.
Melton Residents Association (MRA) president Peter Rowan is passionate about improving the town
and ca
31 Aug 10 | THIEVES who stole two computers from Melton Specialist School are morally reprehensible , say police.
Thieves broke into a classroom and stole $3000 of equipment on August 21.
Anyone who stea
31 Aug 10 | POLICE say a woman was lucky to survive when her car crashed into a tree on the side of the Melton Highway last week. On Tuesday about 2pm emergency services were called to the scene 500 metres west o
31 Aug 10 | AS a child, Vic Magri had a spiritual music experience as he woke to the sound of the classical piece Elizabethan Serenade drifting over the airwaves.
Once I was sleeping and I could hear the musi
24 Aug 10 | MELTON'S Art Day Out will be held at Willows Historical Park, Reserve Road, Melton on Sunday.
24 Aug 10 | THE Woolpack Road extension should go ahead despite changes to the Avenue of Honour, says Bacchus Marsh conservationist Bob Reid.
Mr Reid's comments come after the WWI memorial was added to the her
24 Aug 10 | INSPECTOR Mick Myers has been in the business of nabbing criminals for 36 years, but he still remembers what it was like to wear the uniform for the first time.
"The first time I put it on, it was
24 Aug 10 | RESIDENT Wayne Austin says a Moorabool Council decision to honour its commitment over the name of Navigators Road has saved him heaps of money.
A "clerical error" in a letter sent by council, d
24 Aug 10 |
JAN Finney will work for 50 hours to lovingly craft a sea scene sculpture made of apoxie sculpt putty.
But the 30-centimetre piece is not being created for her own collection; it will be up fo
24 Aug 10 | BARELY two days after her decisive victory, Ballarat MP Catherine King is already back at work.
Ms King was easily re-elected for her fourth term on Saturday. But her win was tempered with the rea
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