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It’s a brisk morning in the central Victorian town of Rochester and a dozen retirees pull up outside a local cafe. One is given...

Golda Shulkes has never felt more helpless than she did waiting for an ambulance that would never arrive.

More than 80,000 gaming fanatics converged on Melbourne for the southern hemisphere’s biggest gaming convention on the weekend.

AME Systems is battling a difficult decision: to maintain operations in Ararat and stunt its growth or move departments elsewhere and increa

Ararat Rural City Council proposed changes to its planning scheme at a meeting last night, to fix historic red tape halting Ararat’s develop

Melbourne’s Phoebe Billing is trying to weigh up which political party aligns with her views as she prepares to vote for the first time this

INDEPENDENT candidates are transforming Australia’s two-party political landscape with a “refreshing” option for voters, according to Vetera

SCHOOLS will return next week equipped with new COVID-19 practices to help avoid more school closures in 2022.

MINISTER for Local Government Shaun Leane joined Ararat Rural City Council on Wednesday to unveil upgraded services at the Ararat Regional L

CARAVAN park owners have been pleased with bookings over the Christmas and New Year period as people regain confidence in travel.

MAROONA Primary School teacher, Angela Reynolds, has said her goodbyes to a school she loves with every inch of her heart.

SHERYL Lugg has spent most of her life at Ararat College, from student to art teacher, she has called the school home.

SUE Canty has mustered the courage to use the word ‘retirement,’ bringing an inspiring 45-year teaching career to an end.

A NEW website has been unveiled to further connect Moyston residents, new and old.

ARARAT Dance Centre is returning to the Ararat Town Hall with a bang next weekend, staging its 10th Annual Concert and a special gala perfor

ARARAT North Primary School has launched a unique pilot program to introduce its junior school to Indigenous language and culture.

ARARAT Early Learning Centre welcomed back its children on Monday morning, avoiding what could have been a “catastrophic” community exposure

IT was Aimee Harrison’s worst nightmare - she had become Ararat’s latest COVID-19 case.

SMILING students and their adaptive teachers have celebrated a staggered return to the classroom.

LOCAL wines were put under the microscope last week at Montara Wines during the Western Victoria Wine Challenge’s two days of judging.

HAIRDRESSERS have been working day and night to catch-up missed lockdown bookings, testing the limits for many already at capacity.

AN Ararat counsellor has been the latest mental health professional to close her books, leaving dozens to fend for themselves.

A REDUCTION in hire costs of the Ararat Town Hall may not be enough to entice Ararat’s musical comedy society back to town.

ARARAT’S young adults have turned out in force to get vaccinated, following the expansion of Pfizer eligibility last Wednesday to all Victor