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Regional Secondary Schools Event SECONDARY Schools from around the region held their annual competition last Tuesday. With coaching from Yea Bowls Club members, 70 students learnt the basics of lawn...

Murrindindi Little Athletics finish season on a high

By Alexandra Newspapers | March 7, 2026

MURRINDINDI Little Athletics wrapped up its final local competition day last Saturday, marking the end of another successful and energetic season. A fantastic turnout of enthusiastic athletes arrived ready to...

Dindi Daze in a damp haze

Rapid Relief Team visits Ruffy

Bus rolled immediately into action after launch

The former owners of Rounda 3 in Alexandra, Sirikarn and Kevin Mortley.

Kevin and Sirikarn Mortley leave Rounda 3 after 15 years of operation

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DINDI Daze took place last Saturday, February 28, in Rotary Park in Alexandra, despite the pouring rain...

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Another one. Great work by Alexandra's Crime Investigation Unit.CONCLUSION FOR MURRINDINDI INVESTIGATION

Detectives from the Alexandra Crime Investigation Unit investigated a series of twelve reported burglaries and thefts at small businesses and sporting clubs that occurred across the Murrindindi Local Government Area between the 11th and 25th of November 2025.

A 41-year-old man from Ferntree Gully was arrested and interviewed on the 25th of November 2025 where he was subsequently remanded in custody. The man was re-interviewed on the 17th of December 2025 before being sentenced in relation to 49 charges including burglaries and thefts.

On the 3rd of March at the Ringwood Magistrates’ Court, the man was ordered to serve a 3-year term of imprisonment.

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THE Rapid Relief Team (RRT) has praised the Victorian community of Ruffy for its resilience after a bushfire tore through the township...

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THE Murrindindi Mobile Health bus came online on the Wednesday prior to the bushfires, so the timing could not have been better.

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