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‘Snake fight club': Beechworth prospecter captures moment a brown snake eats a red belly
1+ hour, 49+ min ago (31+ words) Snake fight club': Beechworth prospecter captures moment a brown snake eats a red belly'The Border Mail Snake fight club': Beechworth prospecter captures moment a brown snake eats a red belly...
Alcoholic acrobat touches woman on a train, skips bail, lands in jail
3+ day, 4+ hour ago (397+ words) A Border circus performer has faced court over a drunken sexual assault that occurred on a train. Tim Freeman was arrested on January 11 this year after skipping bail. The Lavington resident was found by officers wandering around drunk in Camberwell,…...
Rick Smith has a plan for the obscene graffiti on his lawn
5+ day, 19+ hour ago (26+ words) Rick Smith has a plan for the obscene graffiti on his lawn'The Border Mail Rick Smith has a plan for the obscene graffiti on his lawn...
Love on tap: Border pub celebrates 10 years of supporting local brewers
6+ day, 17+ hour ago (666+ words) While he's a big fan of a local craft beer, this Border larrikin says he doesn't go to the pub for what's on the taps. Fred Meech has been a regular face at The Goods Shed Wodonga since its opening…...
'I've been through quite a lot': TV game show winner's struggle to success
1+ week, 19+ hour ago (648+ words) As a midwife, Wodonga's Abby Cooper has seen plenty of drama, but delivering her own change of fortune was something else. She swapped a birthing suite for a television studio and found herself scooping a $40,000 jackpot on Nine Network game…...
'Toxic culture' fallout: teacher dumps con, launches new music academy
1+ week, 3+ day ago (605+ words) Wodonga is set to have a new alternative venue for music education in the wake of claims of a "toxic culture" at the Murray Conservatorium. From a famous tenor to local teachers seeking a "safe place" to work, and with…...
The luxury getaway that featured in a Married at First Sight honeymoon
1+ week, 6+ day ago (353+ words) Love it or hate it, Married At First Sight (MAFS) is impossible to avoid - now a popular Aussie getaway spot has been thrust into the spotlight thanks to the popular reality show. Mudgee, in the NSW Central West, is known…...
From a dusty paddock, a young voice finds an award-winning debut song
2+ week, 5+ day ago (472+ words) Jack Gregory never had to go far for inspiration for his debut song. Looking out his bedroom window at bare paddocks and despondent stock at his family's Staghorn Flat farm late last year amid the dry conditions, Jack was acutely…...
An idea from two shopaholics now has fashion lovers queuing up to enter
2+ week, 6+ day ago (424+ words) What started as a casual idea between two self-confessed shopaholics has quickly grown into a talked-about event among fashion lovers. Albury's Danielle Scott and Emily Johnson, the women behind Revive Markets, have opened a monthly pre-loved women's clothing market on…...
This South Korean film proves you don't need a big budget
1+ mon, 2+ day ago (639+ words) I have watched literally thousands of films, something I do professionally thanks to this kind newspaper continuing to pay me, and there's an interesting thing I've observed to be consistently true across all films. A movie can have a big…...