31 Dec 08 | IF you’re feeling old and tired, if time seems to drag as the years go by, don’t despair.
31 Dec 08 | YOUTHFUL misadventure is being blamed after fire gutted a family shed late on Monday.
31 Dec 08 | IT might be a vital ingredient in many a New Year’s celebration, but paramedics are urging revellers to consume alcohol responsibly when seeing in 2009.
31 Dec 08 | A YOUNG Long Gully couple was sickened when they found a number of badly decomposed puppies in Sparrowhawk Reserve near their home at the weekend.
31 Dec 08 | BENDIGO Bank Spirit star Eleanor Haring is coming to terms with the abrupt end to her stellar season, following knee surgery last week.
31 Dec 08 | A HISTORIC central Victorian home once used as a tavern during the gold rush period has gone up in flames, causing more than $130,000 damage.
31 Dec 08 | A HISTORIC central Victorian home once used as a tavern during the gold rush period has gone up in flames, causing more than $130,000 damage.
31 Dec 08 | BENDIGO Health is hoping 2009 will see the city’s greatest new year wish come true.
31 Dec 08 | BALLARAT cyclist Damien Keirl thwarted Jarrod Moroni’s bid for a home-track victory in the men’s keirin at last night’s Bendigo leg of the Christmas carnivals.
31 Dec 08 | SEYMOUR’S Peta Mullens sprinted to an impressive victory in last night’s women’s keirin at the Bendigo leg of the Christmas carnival series for cyclists.
31 Dec 08 | NEW Year’s Day will throw up many challenges for Bendigo athletes Cody Williamson, Josh Nolan and Brady Threlfall as they race at tomorrow’s Maryborough Highland Gathering.
31 Dec 08 | MOUNT Alexander Shire has befriended an East Timorese community.
31 Dec 08 | FROM tomorrow, V/Line will reduce baggage allowances from 20kg to 15kg for passengers.
30 Dec 08 | RESIDENT Advertiser stylist Marnie Bowles says there should be no holding back when planning your outfit for the last day of 2008.
30 Dec 08 | BENDIGO Traders Association president Neil Athorn has called for a united front to improve Hargreaves Mall for shoppers following outcries over the redevelopment.
The Advertiser has spoken to local traders and City of Greater Bendigo Sandhurst ward councillor James Reade in the past week regarding the controversial $5 million project.
30 Dec 08 | THE Ambulance Employees Australia union believes a row between local paramedics and management has become unworkable.
30 Dec 08 | FINE ice crystals sitting 10km above Bendigo gave rise to this spectacular halo photographed by NICK McGRATH about 1.50pm yesterday. The Bureau of Meteorology’s Scott Williams said the halo was caused by refraction and generally occurred only three or four times a year.
30 Dec 08 | MAIKA Ruyter-Hooley has fallen agonisingly short of a finals appearance in her first season in the W-League.
The Bendigo Viper has spent the entire championship campaign anchored in the Melbourne Victory defence during the inaugural season of Australia’s elite women’s soccer competition, but it was the side’s forwards who couldn’t muster a last round win to secure a finals berth.
30 Dec 08 | FOUR previous winners of the Maryborough Gift are among the entrants for the New Year’s Day sprint classic at Princes Park.
The 2007 champion, Scott Mace will return to Maryborough, along with Cam Dunbar, the 2004 champion; Evan King, 2001; and Todd Ireland, 2000 winner.
The Bendigo Bank Maryborough Gift (120m) will be one of many highlights at the 148th Maryborough Highland Gathering.
30 Dec 08 | THE Pontelandolfo brothers, Ryan and Kieren will be aiming to be in the Lindsay Harrington Memorial Wheelrace final at today’s leg of the Christmas cycling carnival series on Bendigo’s track.
Ryan, 19, and Kieren, 16, will be among the many Bendigo-based cyclists pursuing victory in the track classic at the Tom Flood Sports Centre.
The $1800 race is sponsored by the Harrington family and Trevor Baldwin & Associates.
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