Eyes watch over the Dukes
The fourth installment of the multi-staged Creating Coonalpyn project was completed over the weekend with their Eyes on the Road piece.Creating Coonalpyn is a...
Unspent funding under review
The Cambrai Community Library Board must deliver a detailed funding plan for future projects if it hopes to see the $20, 271 that was...
‘Xmas Xhibition’ still on at gallery
Members of the Murraylands’ artistic community hope to capitalise on the festive season through an exhibition which will continue at the Murray Bridge Studio...
Average visitor stays 13 nights
More than 7000 foreign tourists spent a total of 90,000 nights in the Murraylands over the past year, an international visitor survey has revealed.Across...
Honour for ex-pat
The English students at Mannum Community College have a new role model.Guardian Australia journalist Greg Jericho, a past student, has won his industry’s highest honour:...
Journalist wins again
The Standard’s Peri Strathearn has defended his title as South Australia’s best regionally based newspaper journalist at the 2016 Rural Media SA awards.He submitted...
Santa’s sleigh due to arrive in Tailem
Tailem Bend will be buzzing this weekend with the arrival of the big man in red to town.People will line Railway Terrace for the...
Soapbox derbies remembered
After The Standard featured a flashback to the days of soapbox derbies on McHenry Street, Murray Bridge last Thursday (“1945: Soapbox derby”), Joany Schenscher was...
‘It can be sudden, and it can be permanent’
Christmas can be one of the hardest times of year for those who have lost a loved one.Murray Bridge residents John and Tricia Leahy lost...
Murray Bridge carols
Hundreds gathered at the Murray Bridge Racecourse for an evening of Christmas carols and festive songs on Sunday. Photos by Peri Strathearn.
Mickan reflects on Vietnam
Retired farmer and Murray Bridge local Glen Mickan’s life would change forever, when the young 21-year-old’s marble came up in 1968, signalling he would...
