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Down memory lane: Charlton 100 years ago
What was happening in Charlton in 1925.
21 December, 2025
Sport
Jack shaves 20 seconds off best time in winning swim
ST ARNAUD Piranhas enjoyed a highly successful outing at the Warracknabeal Swim Meet on Saturday with eight swimmers...
19 December, 2025
Hoops and holler at season’s end
Charlton wrapped up the season in fourth place in the Golf Croquet...
Patching the star in game of momentum
Winning the toss and electing to bowl, the Saints set the tone early...
Country shines in showers
In what had been billed as a season-defining encounter for the two...
Community
Paramedic swaps tallest for smallest mountain
And while it wasn’t quite like her trek up Mount Everest back in May, mountaineer Alison Bowen was keen to conquer...
20 December, 2025
What was St Arnaud like 100 years ago?
A range of extracts from the NCN Herald 100 years ago.
POLICE: man arrested over guns found and more
A MAN has been arrested after guns and ammunition were found at his St...
Here's to more years of Mummy and Me
And two years later, they’re celebrating all the mums who have come...
Business & Rural
Shopping local this Christmas: Specials and trading hours at Weirs
Weirs IGA Supermarket will be opening each day through to Christmas Eve as St Arnaud prepares for the festive day.
17 December, 2025
WOOL REPORT: positive week for market
By the close of the sale week 23 the EMI sat at 1521, up 17c for the...
Tax hike ‘delay’ adds fuel to fight by firies, farmers
A 12-MONTH delay in the State Government hitting farmers with a 150 per...
Gates still slamming shut on VicGrid
The Wallaloo and Gre Gre District Alliance has called this “a blowout...
Council & Politics
New change rooms make splash at pool
The three local schools, St Arnaud Swim Club and both local and State Government officials came together on Friday to...
18 December, 2025
Lose the Charlton Hall? Forget about it
“I was once told that you never want to lose your public hall because...
Have we lost the meaning of Christmas Day?
"We get so sucked in to ‘doing’ that we don’t take time just to ‘be’, to...
Road sink hole leads to picture of ‘desperation’ and ‘frustration’painted
“The only surplus they seem to have is potholes.”
Arts
Big weekend of creativity on way for Charlton
This event will showcase the incredible creativity within the region, from breathtaking landscapes to the striking...
10 October, 2025
Welcome to the new space for creatives and community
The space will open on October 2 at an event starting at 10am at 9a High...
Weekend watch: what's on at the local cinemas?
Here's a sneak peak of what you can watch this weekend
St Patrick's puts on school musical with a twist
Consider Yourself lucky if you managed to get a seat to see the young...
Opinion & Perspectives
Letters to the Editor: group calls for transparency and what are we getting out of tax?
Want to have your say? Email us a letter to the editor at: ncn@iinet.net.au.
16 December, 2025
Good and bad and the future ... lessons in a year
"AND what a year its been since being elected a Buloke Shire councillor....
When it Raiyns, it pours: Dusty's busy teen life
YOU could spend hours sitting down with Dusty-Raiyn McIntyre about all...
OPINION: Appreciating your country home
Our circumstances don’t generally change much, but one day life is good,...