Reporting on Maldon and surrounding central goldfields
Maldon CERT Team Leader Annette Gillham with the CERT vehicle. Ambulance Victoria (AV) is looking for more recruits to join the Maldon Community Emergency Response Team (CERT). Maldon’s CERT consists of volunteers who provide support to the local community and surrounding areas 24 hours a day, seven days a week as First Responders. CERTs are…
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Volunteers Ali and Diane unwrapping the new Maldon Community Pantry Freezer. The Maldon Community Pantry volunteers have been excited to fill a new freezer with ready-made meals from Food Share and Lynn from the wonderful Maldon Community Lunch. Once again, the Pantry—and the Maldon community—are benefiting from the amazing work and support generously provided by…
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Rosalie Hastwell with Paul Simmons Maldon & District Community Bank. It’s tempting to describe the crowd at the Blue Cockatoo on Thursday 22 May as ‘legends and luminaries’, but actually the crowd was made up of ordinary folk who wear many hats as volunteers. Hosted by friendly staff of Maldon & District Community Bank, the…
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Jasmine Forte – Patient Transport Coordinator. Dhelkaya Health is pleased to announce that its Volunteer Patient Transport Service has returned to operating five days a week—Monday to Friday, 9am to 4pm—thanks to increased staffing behind the scenes. The service, which provides vital transport for eligible patients attending medical appointments, had been temporarily running three days…
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L to R: Andrew Robertson, Paul Metz and Barry Murfett with Hilary Da Costa on the bench. Photo courtesy of Rob Leeson. The cover stars of the Tarrangower Times this week are the perfect exemplars of what this bumper edition of the paper is all about: celebrating the many volunteers who get things done in…
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It was unusually dark at 7pm on Saturday 20 April, which was absolutely perfect for the annual Torchlight Parade. Featuring members of the local volunteer emergency services holding lanterns and torches, it was a relatively quiet parade that drifted past gently (apart from the brilliant Maldon Brass Band which brings melodies to Maldon throughout the…
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Fiona and Jill in the Children’s Library Room. Joshua and Isobel with library volunteer Tina enjoying the Saturday Easter egg hunt at the library. Library book sale A reminder that the Library Book Sale will take place on Saturday April 26 from 9am, outside the library (97 High Street, next to the Post Office). This…
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Spotted at the Maldon Swap Meet. Here’s a group of volunteers who are selflessly giving their time to make sure we are looked after in a medical emergency. I bumped into them while I was doing the article on the Maldon Swap Meet and I thought they really needed to be recognised separately. Something you…
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Lost trades and kind craftsmen still exist! You might remember a previous news item about the cedar cabinet in the Athenaeum Library, which is used to house our growing archival collection. It is a much-loved piece of furniture, a small piece of Melbourne history: a glass-fronted cabinet that came to the Athenaeum Library on permanent…
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Stop Press! Carmel Bird at the Maldon Athenaeum Library, Monday 3 March, 10.30am. Don’t miss this fabulous talk by celebrated Castlemaine writer of novels, short stories and essays. Carmel’s most recent works include Love Letters to Lola, a collection of 18 stories, with reflections on writing them, and Arabella, a picture book for children and…
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