ALL records have once again tumbled as the Casterton district joined the state in raising an unprecedented amount for the Royal Children’s Hospital’s Good Friday Appeal.

LIVE for Lily Foundation, which raises awareness and funds for the fight against children’s cancer, was created by Aaron Hester and his late wife, Sianne, in honour of their daughter, Lily, who lost her battle with an extremely rare liver cancer when she was just nine years old.

CASTERTON’S Royal Children’s Hospital Appeal committee is once again floored, after the district contributed another record-breaking amount to the Good Friday Appeal.

OUR beautiful ‘Belles of the court’ photograph (CN, 6 April, page 4) is drawing lots of comment and feedback from our readers – including two of the belles, themselves! The women pictured in the photograph are Patricia Holden (nee O’Connell), Pauline Durbidge (nee O’Connell), Merlie Kellett (nee Munro), Frances Joseph (nee Upton), Rita Hilton (nee […]

A CENOTAPH service, Anzac Day march and service at the town hall are in the planning process, in a return to traditional commemorations in Casterton on 25 April.

FACE painting, live music and a massive collection of auction and raffle items will see Casterton Central become Party Central once again, this Good Friday.

CASTERTON Sandford’s Limestone Coast Women’s Football League team enters a unique chapter in the club’s history this month, when they become the first female Cats’ side to represent the club in a grand final at league level.

GLENELG Shire’s kinder kids are being treated to a colourful ‘box of wonders’ to help them with their learning journey, as part of a State Government initiative.

CASTERTON’S second-largest employer is struggling to fill places on its roster, with a lack of available rental housing in the district deterring workers from taking up employment.

THE Inspiring Women of Moyne celebrated International Women’s Day at a morning tea in the Kirkstall Hotel.
Moyne Shire Councillor Karen Foster started proceedings acknowledging the difficulties that she and many other women faced when trying to take on roles of responsibility and significance.