A WATER storage system for Bright will be constructed at Freeburgh, after an independent review of two sites supported its selection by North East Water (NEW). --->

LOCAL students took to the water last week, competing in district and regional swimming championships. --->

REMY and her daughter Annabel have made themselves at home at Wandiligong Primary School, bunking down in a specially made shelter behind the school’s tennis courts. --->

A SIX-week trip to Kenya as part of World Youth International has changed the life of Myrtleford’s Blaize Montgomery. --->

A MOVE to overhaul the country’s ailing health system by taking control away from the states and territories has been welcomed by the board of Alpine Health. --->

DESPITE inconsistent weather, the 50th Myrtleford Festival was one to remember as locals and tourists flocked to the various events and shows on offer on the weekend. --->

THE secrets to a long and happy marriage, according to a Bright couple who walked down the aisle 60 years ago, are pretty simple. --->

ALPINE Health has received a $96,000 State Government boost that will see the purchase of vital new equipment in Myrtleford and Bright. --->

WORK on Myrtleford’s Ablett Pavilion is close to being completed in time for round one of the Ovens and Murray football season on April 4. --->

THE Wanderers are in a strong position to steal top spot on the WDCA ladder after a dominant bowling display on the weekend saw them roll Rutherglen for 67 and finish the day with the bat on 0/31. --->

MT Beauty skier Britteny Cox returned home from Vancouver last week, and despite earning the pride of the nation after her efforts at the Winter Olympics, her father Graeme said the 15 year old hadn’t changed a bit. --->

WHOROULY Gapsted is in the box seat to reach the Wangaratta and District Cricket Association finals after dismissing City Colts for just 133 in a do or die clash at the weekend. --->