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Path to discontent
RESIDENTS on the western side of Mansfield are furious that their pleas for safer pedestrian access have been ignored, yet a $200,000 plus footpath is…
Budget put on hold
THE Mansfield Shire Council is one of many local government areas yet to release their 2020-21 budget after recently postponing it until August 2020. A…
Mansfield set for real estate boom
THE Federal Government has recently rolled out the HomeBuilder grant, which is hoped to boost the economy and create jobs in the coming months.
Mansfield comes alive again
MANSFIELD traders were a little overwhelmed over the Queen’s Birthday weekend as thousands of visitors poured into town making it one of the busiest weekends…
Mansfield included in $10,000 small business grants
MANSFIELD businesses are now eligible for the $10,000 Bushfire Recovery grants after it was announced last week that the federal and state governments would include…
Button Man trial by media
THE ‘Button Man’ of Mansfield has been tried, found guilty and hung out to dry by metro media outlets across the country.
The burning question
BUSINESSES from across the Mansfield Shire are being denied bushfire funding support as the bizarre criteria behind the Small Business Grants come to light.
Ratepayer groups call for council compassion
MANSFIELD Shire’s 2020-2021 proposed budget was released last month to what was initially little fanfare among Covid-19 lockdowns.
Mountain cattlemen fighting for return
RETURNING cattle to the Alpine areas of Victoria and an increase in ‘cool burns’ are being recommended by the Mountain Cattlemen’s Association of Victoria (MCAV)…
Man hunt sparks mystery
NOT every day is it that you venture into the bush in search of missing persons – and recently, that is how Mansfield man Lachlan…
An Anzac Day to remember
ALTHOUGH physically unable to gather and reflect on Anzac Day for the first time since 1919, across Mansfield Shire there were still signs of the…
Local businesses adapt to pandemic
THE current pandemic is something that not many businesses and eateries across Mansfield Shire had prepared for – but that won’t stop those still open…
