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Nov 28, 2019
1 min

Ararat North Primary School community to celebrate 40 years of education

Ararat North Primary School is marking its 40th year of educating Ararat’s children with a school community celebration next month, coinc...

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Nov 20, 2019
2 min

Greater Ararat Business Network to launch tonight

Local business representatives are coming together tonight to launch the Greater Ararat Business Network, an event that has been in planning

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Nov 14, 2019
2 min

Engines are warming up ahead of King of the Hill Hillclimb

Ararat’s Car Club is gearing up for a weekend of racing at One Tree Hill

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Nov 12, 2019
2 min

Vandals leave kindergarten community heartbroken

Carey Street Kindergarten’s four-year-old group have been left with sad faces

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Oct 30, 2019
2 min

Armstrong to continue with ‘clarity and fairness’ as mayor

It took Ararat Rural City Council just six minutes to decide who will hold the position of mayor for the next 12 months

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Oct 23, 2019
3 min

Excitement builds for this year’s Ararat Show

The Ararat Show Society is gearing up for the 2019 Ararat Show this Sunday at the Ararat Showgrounds, to conclude the Golden Gateway

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Oct 22, 2019
2 min

Ella Wood’s dream comes true

Ararat College’s Year 12 student Ella Wood has made regional history

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Oct 17, 2019
3 min

Wood twins to miss final day of schooling for AFLW Draft

Ella Wood received the letter she had been waiting for yesterday

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Oct 17, 2019
2 min

Umpiring duo experience ‘a new perspective of footy’

Two Ararat College Year 8 students have successfully completed the AFL National Umpire Accreditation Scheme

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Oct 15, 2019
2 min

Eagles assemble ‘new-look team’ ahead of preseason

The Ararat Eagles Football Netball Club is planning to fly into 2020 with a new-look team

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Oct 8, 2019
2 min

Power outage rescheduled following Bathurst 1000 complaints

Power disruptions to Ararat electricity customers – scheduled for this Sunday – have been rescheduled after residents hit back

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Oct 6, 2019
4 min

Football club struggle continues at Storm

Ararat Storm Girls Football Club is holding meetings and making plans with the hope of returning to competition next year, being unable t...

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Oct 4, 2019
2 min

Future of Ararat’s White Ribbon Day unclear

The White Ribbon movement, the world’s largest movement engaging men and boys working to end men’s violence against women and girls, has ...

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Oct 1, 2019
3 min

Hundreds set to Mellow in the Yellow for farmer health

Mellow in the Yellow organisers are looking forward to their sixth annual event being held this Saturday, attracting three hundred people...

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Sep 23, 2019
4 min

Musical Comedy Society announces first patron, 2020 production at AGM

The Ararat Musical Comedy Society has had one of its most successful years, staging Les Miserables and making a considerable profit. The ...

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Sep 13, 2019
1 min

Dynamic dancers will bring their emotions to the stage for annual recital

Local dance school Dynamic Dance Ararat will perform it’s 11th annual dance recital this weekend, based around emotions portrayed through...

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Sep 12, 2019
2 min

Ararat asks “R U OK?”

R U OK? Day was celebrated throughout Ararat today, both in the main street and at Ararat College. People were asking the question across...

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Sep 11, 2019
2 min

Contractors are ‘beginning to destroy the site’

The Djab Wurrung Embassy issued a ‘Red Alert’ this morning, stating that Major Road Projects Victoria have begun cutting down trees betwe...

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Aug 31, 2019
3 min

‘We’re locals and we care’

Ararat locals have been debating the Western Highway Duplication between Ararat and Buangor for 15 months, criticising the state governme...

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Aug 29, 2019
2 min

Jeydon Nancarrow set to conquer Melbourne’s Firefighter Stair Climb

Ararat Fire Brigade’s Jeydon Nancarrow is preparing to conquer 28 flights of stairs whilst wearing 25kg of firefighting equipment to figh...

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