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Planning approvals skyrocket in buoyant market
A recent uplift in development interest in Ararat Rural City is showing no signs of slowing down, with a record number of planning permit applications approved last year. Of the 125 planning applications received over the past financial year, 120 were approved, delivering a combined project value of $18.8 million. The projects approved includes new […]
Pharmacists ready to vaccinate
AN Ararat pharmacist says his business is ready and willing to begin COVID-19 vaccinations if and when the supply shortage is fixed. Earlier this week, it was announced eight rural and remote community pharmacies in Victoria have been activated in the COVID-19 vaccine rollout including Dimboola, Buninyong and Beechworth. The Pharmaceutical Society of Australia has […]
Mental health service comes to Lake Bolac
A mental health occupational therapist will provide a face-to-face clinical mental health service at the Lake Bolac Bush Nursing Centre. The therapist is expected to commence in the last week of July and continuing on a fortnightly basis. Lake Bolac Bush Nursing Centre CEO, Jan Milliken, said she was pleased the service could be offered […]
Get your socks on; CWA prepares for big exhibition
HE Country Women’s Association will showcase its skills in August with a major gathering in Ararat. The annual CWA State Creative Arts Exhibition will be held at Ararat Town Hall on August 20 and 21, showcasing the skills of Victorian members in over 270 categories, including crafts, knitting, embroidery, art, cookery, preserves, toys and dolls […]
Snow a regular occurrence
ALL roads between Ararat and the Grampians were blocked on July 18, 1949, by the heaviest fall of snow ever recorded in the region. The snow was six inches deep in the main street that afternoon, and three to four inches falling in other parts of town. Snow fell continuously from midnight until 3pm. Alexandra […]
No Support
SERVICES provided for homeless people in the Ararat region have come into question, with one man living outdoors since the start of the year with virtually no contact from social workers. The Advocate spoke this week with David Moore – a man who found himself without a home after a friend he was living with […]
Another deadline missed
THE on going saga over the restoration of Ararat’s Memorial Fountain continues, with the contractor engaged to carry out the work missing another promised deadline. Work on plumbing and wiring was finished before the pandemic but other restoration work ceased at the start of COVID-19. Council CEO Tim Harrison received an assurance the work would […]
Fatigued businesses push on
ARARAT business owners are mentally exhausted and hurting financially as they endure a fifth lockdown in 18 months. As Daniel Andrews faced the media on Tuesday morning to announce a 7-day extension, Ararat Motor Inn operator, Michael Patel, was in an all too familiar position. “Today was a shock, we were not expecting a seven-day […]