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Landmark effort in fight against kids’ cancer

Lankmark Elmore has raised $5000 for the Shearing for Kids with Cancer fundraiser after Bayer group committed to donating one dollar to the cause for every lite of herbicide sold. Starting in 2015 when two families joined forces to help kids through...

James Arbuthnott
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Rochester’s highest bidder to open auction house

PEOPLE from Rochester and surrounds will soon have an auction house to sell off bulk, antique and specialty items later this month.

James Arbuthnott
Campaspe News

Calls to save NRS handset go unanswered

CANBERRA is due to cut the cord on a National Relay Service on February 1 next year, with many deaf and hearing-impaired Australians saying it means a return to the dark ages.

James Arbuthnott
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Tigers face must win Benalla clash

FOR Rochester’s senior footballers the equation is simple - win and you’re in.

Brayden May
Campaspe News

Woman breaks neck in Rochester car crash

A ROCHESTER woman in her 40s has been flown from Echuca to Melbourne by air ambulance after suffering a broken neck in a Rochester car crash Saturday afternoon. The woman, in her 40s, was driving her Ford Focus with her daughter as a passenger when...

James Arbuthnott
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Around the Schools: St Joseph’s Primary

One hundred days of school at St Joseph’s

James Arbuthnott
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Nominate a mate for Australia Day awards

FOR THE first time in its 55-year history, 2019 saw Rochester abandon its Citizen of the Year award.

James Arbuthnott
Campaspe News

The Little Green Florist set to open in Rochester

NANNEELLA florist Josie Haitsma’s twist of the vine on traditional floristry will be more of a garden feel, something more natural than the manicured kind of the old days.

James Arbuthnott
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Chicken Run

IT HAS been 18 years since Greg and Corina opened Elsey’s Quality Chickens on Gillies St in Rochester.

James Arbuthnott
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Rural and regional Australians more likely to die from bowel cancer

NEW Cancer Council statistics show people living in regional locations such as Rochester and district are one-third more likely to die from bowel cancer than those living in the most advantaged areas.

James Arbuthnott
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Australia’s Cybercop taking care of Rochester

ROCHESTER’S high school students got the real story – warts and all – about the prevalence, danger, cruelty and exponential growth of cyber bullying amongst teenagers today.

James Arbuthnott
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New Bishop for Sandhurst elected by pope

Very Reverend Associate Professor Shane Mackinlay has been appointed as the next Bishop to serve the Sandhurst diocese, which includes Rochester and surrounds. 

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Shock to the heart

Rochester Ambulance Auxiliary partnered with St John’s Ambulance to install a 24-hour Automated External Defibrillator (AED) outside Majors IGA recently.

James Arbuthnott
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Aged Care Employee Day at REDHS

REDHS staff had reason to celebrate on Wednesday after receiving thanks from their chief executive Anne McEvoy and afternoon tea for aged care employees day.

James Arbuthnott
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Splash ‘N’ Learn Awards

MAREE Macague of Rochester’s Splash ‘N’ Learn swim school has reached the semi-finals of the Ricoh Customer Service Award for her commitment and hard work in teaching everyone from adults to four-month-olds from around the area.

James Arbuthnott
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60th wedding anniversary

Long-time locals and Rochester Tigers devotees Marg and Geoff McCarty will celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary at Morrison’s winery this month with their six children, nine grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren. Staff can expect to fill a large table for four generations of sports players and farmers whose originators moved to Rochester from Shepparton in the 70s with five kids and a newborn to start a dairy farm.

James Arbuthnott
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Red Cross 60th Anniversary

Ballendella Red Cross celebrated its 60th anniversary on Thursday with cake, awards, speeches and afternoon tea.

James Arbuthnott
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Rochester’s new community library initiative

Year 11 VCAL students at Rochester Secondary College have created a community reading initiative after coordinating with principals, a kindergarten director and a primary school teacher to improve kids’ literacy.

James Arbuthnott

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Woman jumps from moving car in Moama

A WOMAN in her 40s is likely to be flown to Melbourne after jumping out of a moving car in Moama earlier today. Murray River Police District Inspector Paul Huggett said Moama and Echuca police and Ambulance Victoria were called to Perricoota Rd near...

Ivy Jensen
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Accused drug dealer arrested in Echuca

AN ECHUCA man will face court today accused of drug, burglary, theft and driving offences. Detective Senior Constable Troy Wickham of Echuca Criminal Investigation Unit said. police arrested the 28-year-old on Friday in High St, along with...

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Drugs stolen in Echuca Amcal robbery

POLICE are investigating after Echuca’s Amcal Pharmacy was held up this morning. The Hare St robbery occurred about 8.55am where a man threatened staff members before stealing a large amount of pharmaceutical drugs. No-one was injured. The man was...

Ivy Jensen
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Leitchville man reels in monster Murray Cod

Yael Fry got the shock of his life last week after reeling in a 120cm Murray Cod near Leitchville.

Brayden May