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WHEN Father Pat “Flags” Flanagan was ordained, it was a rarity for priests to celebrate 60 years in the cloth. But that was the achievement…

DEAKIN Avenue’s centre-plantation makeover will continue in 2021 with the redevelopment of the Eighth to Ninth Street section. Councillors were last week told that tender…

MILDURA Council has further deferred a quarterly rate instalment initially due on May 31 for ratepayers facing financial hardship due to COVID-19. Councillors were last…

MILDURA Council plans to hold its councillor meetings virtually for the foreseeable future. Eight of the nine councillors took part in a trial run at…

PICKING up winter trends at local stores is all the rage this season. Owner of Mildura boutique Mai’s Shoes & Accessories, Gwen Earle, said the…

MILDURA and Wentworth Shire councils have banded together with Victoria-NSW border counterparts to lobby the NSW Government to ease its latest tough border restrictions. Both…

PLANNING applications recommended for refusal by Mildura Council staff officers will no longer be debated by councillors behind closed doors. That is despite concerns that…

A SHIVERY -2.2 degrees on Thursday morning was Mildura’s coldest start to a day in six years. The Mildura Airport weather station made the -2.2…

THE amount of waste going to landfill has almost halved in the first two weeks of Mildura Council’s new three-bin service, the council says. According…

LATEST: Sturt Highway, more towns added to NSW border zone A MATTER of just 500 metres is causing headaches and confusion for many Euston residents. Following…

THE latest set of border restrictions do not come as welcome news to Sunraysia’s fishing community, with boating on the Murray River now all but…

July 19-25, 2020. Presented by Mildura and District Historical Society. Compiled by Ann Ziguras and Sue Kelly for the Mildura Rural City Council Library Service. 100…