Simone Kerwin

Wangaratta

Writer at Wangaratta Chronicle

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Social Calendar

3 weeks ago | wangarattachronicle.com.au | Simone Kerwin

WANGARATTA Senior Citizens Club will host indoor carpet bowls on Thursday from 1pm, (500) on Friday from 1.30pm, indoor carpet bowls on Monday (King's Birthday) from 1pm and cards (500) and hoy on Tuesday from 1.30pm, all in the clubrooms or the adjoining St Patrick's supper room. Social gathering next Wednesday is bingo in the clubrooms from 1.30pm. OoooWANGARATTA Newcomers will hold their next g...
Late night change

3 weeks ago | wangarattachronicle.com.au | Simone Kerwin

NIGHTLIFE in Wangaratta is set for another shift in the second half of the year with the reopening of Murphy Street's Grand Central Hotel. The 115-year-old venue, which closed to the public in late September in readiness for its first major renovation since 1994, has a new look which will be unveiled at its opening over King's Birthday weekend, on Saturday, 7 June. Owner Steve Wilson said he had hop...
State accolade for mobile hub

3 weeks ago | wangarattachronicle.com.au | Simone Kerwin

PANGERANG Community Hub's innovative mobile hub was lauded at the recent Neighbourhood Houses Victoria conference. The hub received the Community Resilience Award during an awards ceremony as part of the March conference, for its work in supporting local communities with the mobile hub. Victoria's first 'neighbourhood house on wheels', the mobile community hub was developed using $542,000 from the B...
Join the Grit and Resilience consortium

3 weeks ago | wangarattachronicle.com.au | Simone Kerwin

A SEARCH is under way for passionate locals and organisations keen to be part of the next Wangaratta Grit and Resilience Program consortium. It's been two years since the most recent consortium started its work on boosting social inclusion in the rural city, and applications are open until 23 June for the next group to follow in their footsteps. The existing consortium has been involved in creating,...
Dynamic teacher an inspiration to many

3 weeks ago | wangarattachronicle.com.au | Simone Kerwin

A MUCH-loved teacher and member of the King Valley community was farewelled on Wednesday, with family, friends, students and colleagues gathering to honour Rosemarie O'Brien, a dynamic woman with a wonderful sense of humour who loved to help others. Rosie, who passed away suddenly on May 5 aged 79, is being remembered for her passion and resourcefulness, her big heart and ready laugh. She was a teac...
Grant supports mental health knowledge boost

4 weeks ago | wangarattachronicle.com.au | Simone Kerwin

AS the first round of a mental health first aid scholarship program reaches completion in Wangaratta, a $2000 Australia Post grant could assist in further boosting this vital support within local businesses. An initiative coordinated by the Wangaratta Grit and Resilience Program and marking the first on-the-ground use of funds raised by local mental health initiative Project 365, the scholarships h...
Locals soak up literary conversations

4 weeks ago | wangarattachronicle.com.au | Simone Kerwin

MORE than 70 people took advantage of the opportunity to watch free live sessions from the Sydney Writers' Festival at the Wangaratta Library last week. Part of the Live & Local program, which the library accessed for the first time last year, the 12 sessions offered between Thursday and Saturday covered a wide range of literary styles and concepts. They were lapped up by those who attended, with se...
Mental health support appreciated

4 weeks ago | wangarattachronicle.com.au | Simone Kerwin

NORTH East Funerals staff member Chris Walker was among the locals who recently took part in a mental health first aid scholarship program coordinated by the Wangaratta Grit and Resilience Program, using funds raised by local mental health initiative Project 365. Chris, a care consultant and mortuary supervisor at North East Funerals, said staff had been approached by management asking if they woul...
Support to enable emergency readiness

1 month ago | wangarattachronicle.com.au | Simone Kerwin

BEING prepared for emergency events and power outages will be made easier for Open Door Neighbourhood House and its community through a $30,000 grant from AusNet. Provided via the second round of the power company's Energy Resilience Community Fund, the grant is part of $1 million being distributed across Victoria. AusNet executive general manager distribution Andrew Linnie said the fund supported p...
Community mourns passionate arts advocate

1 month ago | farmernews.com.au | Simone Kerwin

NORTH East Victoria has lost one of its greatest champions of the arts, with the passing of local creative and former Wangaratta Art Gallery director Dianne Mangan. The 73-year-old was travelling from her Beechworth home to attend the opening of the Wangaratta Contemporary Textile Award exhibition on Saturday afternoon when she died in a two-car collision at Everton Upper.