THE ETTAMOGAH Pub is set to be sold, roughly a year after the hotel shut down in controversial circumstances. At the time of the pub closing, a Melbourne newspaper claimed owner Leigh O’Brien was $9 million in debt, which he denies. There are accusations and counter-claims over who was to blame for the collapse of [...]
WODONGA police say the use of a handgun in a home invasion on Monday morning was a rare instance of a firearm being used in a crime. Two intruders entered the back door of an O’Meara Street property just before 6am, waking a 21-year-old male occupant. Both men threatened the man, before one offender wearing [...]
BORDER Rotary clubs have expanded to take in the best part of the day – sunrise. A new club has started, meeting on alternative Wednesday mornings at 6.45am at La Maison Cafe on the Lincoln Causeway. The club is tentatively called the “Rotary Club Albury Wodonga Sunrise” and has been started to cater for younger [...]
ALBURY retailers have been judged – and some have been found lacking. Mike Boyle, known as one of the country’s leading “sales scientists”, said Albury retailers overall showed a lack of pizazz and the situation was little better in Wodonga. Mr Boyle, who will conduct a workshop this morning as part of the Business, Manufacturing [...]
WHILE most Border residents will have to wait several years before they can use the National Broadband Network, some new homes will be hooked up in only a few weeks. NBN Co technicians are currently installing fibre-optic cable at Whenby Grange, The Elms Estate and Riverside Estate. When the new home owners move in to [...]
ALBURY’S emergency services opened their doors on the weekend with more than 700 people visiting the Albury Civic Fire Station. The CFA, Border Rescue Squad and ambulance services attended the station, with trucks waiting on standby in case of emergencies. “The kids absolutely loved it,” captain John Vandeven said. “We had the sirens going all [...]
AN ALBURY councillor has defended his council’s decision to increase the general rate by 6.09 per cent – the third year in a row ratepayers have been subjected to a hike of this magnitude. Cr Daryl Betteridge, a local business owner who joined the council at the September 2008 elections, said criticism of the rise [...]
LAST week’s collapse of transport giant 1st Fleet could have a silver lining for a local trucking company. Between 600 and 1000 jobs are said to be lost through the company’s closure and 1st Fleet is now in administration. Border Express managing director Grant Luff said he was hopeful Border Express could “win over” some [...]
NEXT time 15-year-old Sarah Winnel sings in church there will be an even more special ring to her high, clear soprano voice. Already head chorister of St Matthew’s Church’s choir for many years, the talented teenager has just received the prestigious gold award from the UK’s Royal School of Church Music. The exam is held [...]
LAW Week is here again with many activities in the region set down from Monday 14 to Friday 18 May. Albury Council will be presenting a display and talk, Law and Justice: Our Murky Past at the LibraryMuseum on Tuesday 15 May from 2-3pm. The historical display includes fascinating stories of crime and the law [...]