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standard.net.au > story > 9349706 > ciaron-maher-trainer-juggles-newborn-racing-with-spring-success

From the maternity ward to the winner's circle: whirlwind week of joy

7+ hour, 37+ min ago   (867+ words) This horse trainer's life is busy - multiple stables in different states and hundreds of horses for owners wanting a share of the sport's rich spring period. But when Ciaron Maher's partner Alice Berry gave birth to their second child last…...

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standard.net.au > story > 9348167 > samual-walsh-bannam-portland-man-on-bail-after-police-pursuit

School drop-off time CBD incident leads to new serious driving charges

3+ day, 11+ hour ago   (225+ words) A Portland man with a significant criminal history has now been released on bail charged with dangerous driving while pursued by police near the Hamilton central business district. Samual Walsh-Bannam, 27, was released by a bail justice on Thursday evening, September…...

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standard.net.au > story > 9346283 > lismore-presbyterian-church-generations-of-memories-for-sale

Despite a church's final funeral, this community refuses to say goodbye

4+ day, 4+ hour ago   (1218+ words) Latecomer Sheila Brett was mousing into church when the organist caught wind and threw his hands onto the keys. The dramatic chord turned every head towards her. It was the 1970s and Lismore, a small south-west town that boomed after a…...

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standard.net.au > story > 9346254 > trish-hill-warrnambool-intersection-crash-leaves-women-injured

'Oh my God, they're going to hit us': driver flees after two-car collision

5+ day, 13+ hour ago   (347+ words) A woman has recalled the moment she and her friend were in a car when it and another vehicle collided at a busy intersection. Warrnambool police are now appealing for CCTV and dashcam footage of the incident after the occupant…...

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standard.net.au > story > 9345988 > vern-robson-reflects-on-decades-of-community-service

Dedicated to giving back: Vern Robson's lifetime of community service

6+ day, 7+ hour ago   (1112+ words) Vern Robson is passionate about Essendon Football Club and helping people. He goes Under the Auld Pump with Tim Auld. Family: wife Frances; children Gary and Mark. Education: Mount Pleasant State School before going to Ballarat High School. Sporting highlight:…...

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standard.net.au > story > 9344067 > united-way-glenelg-60000-books-transform-literacy-in-the-shire

'Great way to acknowledge': Dolly Parton's legacy lives on for local children

1+ week, 9+ hour ago   (500+ words) Three-year-old Hazel Greenham knows the exact day her mail arrives each month. She checks at her Portland home, hoping to see a package bearing her name. That package is a book delivered monthly from Dolly Parton's Imagination Library. Hazel's mother,…...

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standard.net.au > story > 9344726 > former-employees-gather-for-fletcher-jones-official-book-launch

'Wonderful': Fletcher Jones nostalgia brought back to life for former staff

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (64+ words) The Standard | Warrnambool, VIC 'Wonderful': Fletcher Jones nostalgia brought back to life for former staff Tailored suits, tartan skirts and vintage cars brought the nostalgia of a bygone era back to life for former Fletcher Jones employees at the weekend....

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standard.net.au > story > 9335690 > surf-lifesavers-honoured-for-combined-50-years-of-service

'I had no idea': top honours for saving lives, keeping beach safe

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (915+ words) Between them they've spent 50 years helping keep people safe on Warrnambool's beaches, and now Ben Johnson and Xavier Thornton have been given an honour that lasts a lifetime. The pair have been made life members of Warrnambool Surf Lifesaving Club,…...

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standard.net.au > story > 9342434 > warrnambool-burnout-driver-accused-of-nearly-hitting-mother-son

Young driver accused of nearly hitting child bailed to car enthusiast's home

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (353+ words) A woman walking near Warrnambool's breakwater was forced to pull her son back when a 21-year-old driver is alleged to have narrowly missed them while performing a burnout. Zachary Undy-Holding appeared in custody at the Hamilton Magistrates Court on Wednesday,…...

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standard.net.au > story > 9341135 > warrnambool-teenager-arrested-after-alleged-geelong-shooting

Teenager wanted over non-fatal shooting remanded in custody for two months

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (402+ words) A teenager wanted over a non-fatal shooting in Geelong has been remanded in custody after being arrested in Warrnambool. Riley Boyle, 18, of Geelong, appeared in the Warrnambool Magistrates Court on Tuesday, September 1, 2026, where he did not apply for bail and…...