7/10/2008 | ARARAT - Cancer has touched the lives of many in Ararat Rural City with around 64 people diagnosed with cancer each year.
7/10/2008 | ARARAT - The late Butch Brasser has been honoured by the Ararat YMCA, which has named its Lap Legends Board in memory of the regular early morning swimmer.
7/10/2008 | ARARAT - With only a day to go before marking a centenarian milestone, Muriel Osmond's memory is as sharp as a tack.
7/10/2008 | ARARAT - Her dancing style is yet to be discovered, but one thing is for certain, Sarah Fratin will be looking her best when she hits the floor for the Ararat Football Netball Club's Dancing With Our Stars.
7/10/2008 | ARARAT - The Ararat Bakery has recently returned from the Great Aussie Pie Competition with a swag of awards.
7/10/2008 | REGION - One decent rainfall is all that separates crop farmers at both ends of the region from a good season, but rain continues to elude the area as crops enter critical growing stages.
3/10/2008 | ARARAT - Karen Harricks is one lady who loves to entertain, and she will be hoping to put on a great show for the crowd when she takes to the floor for the Ararat Football Netball Club's Dancing With Our Stars extravaganza.
3/10/2008 | ARARAT - Youthful exuberance aplenty will hit the big stage when the Ararat Football Netball Club hosts Dancing With Our Stars at the Ararat Performing Arts Centre on October 18.
3/10/2008 | ARARAT - Through the generosity of Foster's `In the Community' grant fund the Ararat YMCA Opportunity Shop was presented with a cheque for $500.
3/10/2008 | ARARAT - East Grampians Health Service chief executive officer John Davies went under the razor to raise money for cancer research.
3/10/2008 | ARARAT - Two accidents within the space of two hours and within two kilometres of each other saw a busload of people escape serious injury.
3/10/2008 | ARARAT - Ararat Rural City Council is calling for input into how the streets of its city and towns should look into the future.
30/09/2008 | ARARAT - Ararat Rural City Council quashed a recommendation to have the November local government election ballot paper count take place in Ballarat.
30/09/2008 | ARARAT - If there is one man in town who knows how to throw a party, it's Peter Nicholson, and he will be hoping to entertain when he takes to the floor for the Ararat Football Netball Club's Dancing With Our Stars extravaganza on October 18.
30/09/2008 | ARARAT - Looking for a place to share skills, make or repair things, socialise or just sit and enjoy the sunshine?
Then the newly formed Men's Shed could be the place for you.
30/09/2008 | ARARAT - Keep an eye out this weekend for cyclist Sean Egan, who is cycling from Perth to Melbourne to create awareness off, and raise funds for, research into Huntington's Disease.
30/09/2008 | ARARAT - The annual McDonalds Drive Thru Challenge held in Ararat raised just on $400 which will go towards the Victoria Police Blue Ribbon Foundation.
30/09/2008 | REGION - Ambulance Victoria believes its recruitment drive for paramedics in the Grampians is progressing well, with three of 11 positions promised to the region already filled.
26/09/2008 | ARARAT - It's that time of year again, and the Ararat Football Netball Club extravaganza of Dancing With Our Stars is back by popular demand!
26/09/2008 | ARARAT - Renowned Adelaide journalist Nadine Williams will speak on the trials of love and French culture, which play out in her best-selling tale `From France With Love' at the Ararat Library.