Planning system change-over may challenge country councils
The Murraylands' councils may struggle to switch over to South Australia's new planning system, an opposition MP has warned.The new system, which will replace...
Veterinarian recognised on Australia Day at Meningie
Around 400 people attended the 28th annual Australia Day celebrations at Meningie on January 26 in perfect conditions on the shores of Lake Albert.A...
What’s a terrarium? These children found out at Murray Bridge Library
The Murray Bridge Social Garden Club, in conjunction with the local library, ran a bottle terrarium activity during the school holidays.Vice president Anne Potter...
Car collectors hold final party for 2019
My, where has 2019 gone?As one Auto Collectors Club of Murray Bridge (ACCMB) member put it to me the other day, "we can't have...
Help to deal with disaster
Driving home on the Friday of the recent Cudlee Creek bushfires was ominous as I looked over the horizon through a thick haze of...
$650m gas power plant at Tepko would be one of SA’s biggest
A South Australian company has revealed plans to build a $650 million gas power plant, one of the largest in South Australia, near Mannum.SA...
Throwback Thursday, January 28-30, 1992: School’s back
From the archives of The Murray Valley Standard, January 28-30, 1992.
What’s the cost of losing the Overland?
Since the loss of passenger rail services from Murray Bridge to the hills towns and on to Adelaide in the early to mid 1970s,...
Two Murraylands public schools get new principals
Two of the Murraylands' public schools have gained new principals for this first week of term one.Murray Bridge North School has welcomed James Parkin,...
Imagine Your Rural City 2020: Has Murray Bridge realised its vision of the future?
It was billed as a revolution, a collaborative engagement project unlike any previously attempted in Australia.But eight years after the Imagine Your Rural City...
Food stop’s cancer funds
The Lions Club of Lameroo’s biannual food stop took place over the Easter long weekend, inviting locals and visitors to enjoy a barbecue, all...
