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Grace Rule is having a ball, and a stall too for that matter. It’s all in aid of her cousin Dan Ryan, who was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis when he was a child. The stall is one of a string of fundraisers Grace has come up with to donate cash to the cause. What’s more sh..

ACTING Bendigo TAFE chief executive officer Maria Simpson has been appointed to the role permanently. Ms Simpson will officially step into the role of CEO after acting in the position following the resignation of Louise Harvey in November 2011. The appointment follows an intensive search..

The Bureau of Meteorology has issued a severe thunderstorm warning for the area. At 2pm today the BOM said Bendigonians may see damaging winds, very heavy rainfall, flash flooding and large hailstones over the next few hours. State Emergency Services has instructed locals to stay..

A PLAN to recycle all of Bendigo’s kerbside waste, and use it to power up to a quarter of the city’s homes, could be given the green light within a year. The plan involves turning all of the city’s household, commercial and poultry industry waste into energy. It will be an ..

A RESPECTED engineer and former VicRoads boss has urged the City of Greater Bendigo council to create three super suburbs to ease the city’s residential land crisis. Last week, local developer Don Erskine suggested historic Ravenswood Run, at more than 1000 hectares, was perfect for a greenf..

WITH Valentine’s Day gone, you may have missed your chance for a romantic marriage proposal. But, the next best thing could be available. Romantics across the world flock to Paris’s Eiffel Tower each year to propose. Escape Travel at Bendigo Marketplace, while accommodating many tr..

Parents of primary school students who cross one of Bendigo’s busiest arterial roads have vowed to fight on, despite a knockback from VicRoads to their request for electronic speed limit signs. Last week, the school crossing outside Holy Rosary Primary School on Napier Street at White Hills ..

Eaglehawk traders and residents have delivered to the City of Greater Bendigo council more than 100 new objections to the proposed Victoria Hotel development. Wednesday was the deadline for new objections against Ivar and Tonya Hunt’s amended proposal for a 21-room accommodation facility at ..

ABC Radio Central Victoria staff met some of their listeners face to face this week during an open day in celebration of World Radio Day. The station threw open the doors of its Napier Street studio to give a behind-the-scenes look at what goes on both on air and off. Morning show presenter Fion..

IT is now cheaper for Bendigo’s rubbish to be trucked out of the city, than dumped and stored in the Eaglehawk landfill. A new contract signed between the City of Greater Bendigo council and Cohuna-based waste services company Ellwaste late last year has raised questions about the future of ..

PLANS to end the Mitchell Street bus chaos are expected to be presented to the City of Greater Bendigo council next month. In October, the Bendigo Weekly revealed the council had shelved its controversial plan to widen the Mitchell Street footpaths and have the buses stop in the left hand lane of ..

Not a dry eye in the house, and even the performer chokes up. That’s the inevitable outcome now Elvis impersonator Max Pellicano has taken his concert show up a notch theatrically. After 28 years performing Elvis tribute shows that have brought him regularly to Australia from his home in D..

By ANTHONY RADFORD, ROSEMARY SORENSEN The seven jobs cut from Bendigo TAFE’s business and hospitality courses this week may be in addition to planned cuts of up to 30 more. “At the end of last year we were made aware that Bendigo TAFE was looking at between 20 and 30 redundancies ..

Eaglehawk traders and residents have delivered to the City of Greater Bendigo council more than 100 new objections to the proposed Victoria Hotel development. February 15 is the deadline for comments on the amended proposal for what has been perceived as "crisis accommodation" in the histori..

AT least seven people have lost their jobs at Bendigo TAFE, and more could be on the way as the institution struggles to cope with new State Government policy. Changes in policy surrounding funding of Advanced Diplomas and Diplomas set up by the former government, and new regulations result..

A CONCRETE truck has crashed into a tree after turning off the Calder Hwy onto Allies Road at Marong. SES were called but the driver was out of the truck when they arrived. The driver, a 48 year old man, has been taken to hospital with minor head and chest injuries. The road is being cle..

TWO men aged in their 20s have been removed from their car after it rolled on the Calder Alternate Highway today, around midday. The Bendigo Weekly understands their injuries are life threatening and both have been transferred to hospital. The men were trapped in their car for about an h..

A LITTLE bit of the Australian Grand Prix is coming to Bendigo. The Australian Grand Prix Corporation an the City of Greater Bendigo have announced a motor sport promotion for March’s International Madison cycling event. The F1 Swisse Two-Seater car visited the Dai Gum San Chinese ..

MORE than 2000 people are expected at Peppergreen Farm in North Bendigo next month for Bendigo Access Employment’s annual festival. The theme of this year’s festival, launched on Tuesday, is Living Fresh, Local and Healthy. BAE chief executive officer Michael Langdon invited stall h..

BENDIGO’s Residential Strategy will be reviewed because of greater-than-expected growth. The State Government has announced a grant of $50,000 to carry out the review. The review is needed because, according to the State Government, 40 per cent of the forecast growth between 2006 and 2031 ..