AFTER 21 and 28 years employment respectively, Malcolm Gill and Elizabeth Kidd have both retired from Fallons Bus Service. Malcolm started work with Fallons in 2001 as a bus cleaner, offering his services for free as he was in need of something to occupy his mind. It was soon evident that his skills were wasted […]
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Congratulations to Jo Hunter on her ESM award
JOSEPHINE (Jo) Hunter, unit controller at Marysville SES, was awarded an Emergency Services Medal (ESM) at the Queen’s Birthday awards. She moved to Marysville as a teenager with her family, and joined the Marysville SES a couple of years later, in 2004, along with her sister. They knew some people who were in the unit […]
Disrupting waterways isn’t taken lightly
ON Wednesday, June 22, Shepparton Magistrates Court, Goulburn Broken Catchment Management Authority (GBCMA) brought a case against a Buxton man, aged in his 60s, for the interfering with a waterway without authority in Buxton. The offending occurred on March 20, 2020 where the undertaking of works without a permit took place. The man was on […]
A safe haven in Buxton
IT is hard to imagine being torn away from your family and travelling to a distant part of the world. This thought became a reality last week when Buxton played host to displaced Ukrainian children last week at a special camp organised by the Ukrainian Youth Association. Many of the newly-arrived children, aged between three […]
Have you seen Scruff?
SCRUFF, an 18 year old deaf dog, is missing. He has a white coat with mainly black spots. He was last seen wearing a blue tartan jacket and a blue collar with identification. Scruff has also been micro-chipped. Scruff’s owners, Paula and husband Andy were camping on Paula’s brother’s land at the intersection of Skyline […]
Marysville-Buxton Road incident
The people involved in the vehicle incident on Marysville-Buxton Road on Wednesday, June 15 have been identified. The driver who passed away was a 62 year old from the Benalla area. The passenger was a 23 year old, also from Benalla. The passenger was airlifted to Melbourne following a long extraction effort. The passenger is […]
A glowing answer for road safety
THE Department of Transport has installed photo-luminescent line marking to improve visibility on the Whittlesea-Kinglake Road as part of a $457 million Victorian Government road safety program. The photo luminescent line marking technology is being trialled on regional, urban and peri-urban roads, in partnership with the Commonwealth Government. A Department of Transport spokesperson said that […]
Teacher’s experience was no trivial pursuit
WHEN Alexandra Secondary College teacher, Michael Mawson, appeared on Who Wants to be a Millionaire back in 2002, little did he know that 20 years later he would be swimming in the trivia ocean with The Shark. Brydon Coverdale, or The Shark as we know him on The Chase, has included a piece on Mr […]
Historic tree felled in Fernshaw, likely vandalism
ONE of the historic cork trees located at the picnic area at Fernshaw, on the Black Spur, has been felled over the weekend. It had been protected by a fence due to its significance. The tree appears to have been chainsawed, and it fell across a section of the car park. A symbol was carved […]
Brian D’Arcy provisionally appointed Yea High School principal
YEA High School’s Principal Selection Committee has completed its process to select a substantive principal for Yea High School. It recently presented its recommendations to school council, following an extensive selection process. Mr Brian D’Arcy has been provisionally appointed to the role of Principal at Yea High School. Brian has successfully led the school over […]
