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Help Mansfield get a stadium
NOW is the time to show your support for the new Mansfield indoor stadium. So says acting mayor, Harry Westendorp, with the launch of the…
Mansfield gets $1.5m
MANSFIELD is set to benefit from a $1.5 million boost to local roads after a joint funding announcement was made last week. Visiting town on…
$600K to kinder
MANSFIELD Kindergarten got the surprise of a lifetime last week when a supposed casual visit from Labor candidate for Eildon, Sally Brennan, turned into a…
Rock rolled
AFTER more than two years of debate, there will be no rock quarry at Merrijig after the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (VCAT) upheld a…
Rate rise anxiety
AS reported last month, the Mansfield Shire council unanimously motioned to apply to the State Government for a rate rise for the 2019-2020 budget. The…
Vandals costing shire
MANSFIELD police are looking for witnesses or information after vandals attacked various spots in town recently. Between 8pm on September 17 and 6am on September…
Council to move on saleyards site
LAST week, Mansfield Shire Council carried a motion with intention to sell Mansfield’s saleyards site. Councillor Paul Volkering motioned that the council instruct the chief…
Council to seek rise in our rates
AT last week’s Mansfield Shire council meeting, a motion was unanimously carried to apply for a rate rise for 2019-2020. Councillor Paul Volkering motioned that…
Footy season under wraps
WITH the AFL grand final wrapping up the football season, the local community have been able to reflect on their own season – both Mansfield…
Community calls to keep Barjarg at 100km/h
NOT all in the Barjarg community support a recent call for the Mansfield–Benalla road to be made into an 80km/h zone. Last week, the Courier…
SLAM DUNK
THE Liberal National Coalition will put $3.5 million towards a new multipurpose stadium in Mansfield – provided they are elected to government at the November…
$300,000 penalty for iIllegal land clearing
A LOCAL farm operation has been ordered to pay costs of $300,000, and dedicate 148 acres to a nature conservation, after illegally clearing more than…
