50 years ago June 1975

A proposal that a new bridge across the Murray River between Moama and Echuca should be north of Warren St has angered some members of Echuca City Council.

The council has been told at a deputation to the Minister for Transport, Mr Meagher, earlier this year the bridge would not go through the historic area.

The Warren St proposal would put the new bridge almost in the middle of the city’s port restoration project.

The proposal has come in a letter from the NSW Minister for Transport, Mr Fife, passed onto the city by Murray Shire Council.

Mr Fife said the NSW Department of Main Roads favoured the north of Warren St route because it was the most direct way.

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The inadequate security in many business premises in Echuca was described today as amazing.

The chief of the Echuca CIB, Det Sgt Jim Barritt, said some businessmen had a don’t care attitude about security.

He called on businessmen to have a hard look at the security of their premises.

‘’It would assist us and them too. It would not take much to improve them and many offences that are being reported would not occur,’’ he said.

Det Sgt Barritt said the watching service in Echuca did an excellent job, but some of the break-ins and thefts occurred in the day time, in particular on Saturday and Sunday afternoons.

25 years ago June 2000

Moama residents will have a special rate imposed on them to pay for Murray Shire Council’s contribution to the proposed Moama levee bank, it was confirmed.

Murray Shire were verbally advised by the Minister of Local Government’s office yesterday afternoon that the special rate had been approved.

Murray Shire director of corporate services Barry Barlow said he had received the news but he was not sure of any conditions put on the approval.

Murray Shire approved the special rate in its management plan, which was adopted at Tuesday’s council meeting.

Council then had to wait for the ministerial approval.

Murray Shire’s approval came despite the fact that council received 44 submissions and a petition about its proposed special rate to fund the construction of the Moama levee bank.

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Primary school students from throughout the region are getting into the Olympic spirit by making banners for the torch celebrations at Echuca on June 25.

The schools are all making banners about their school and the district.

When completed, the banners will be positioned on the fence around Victoria Park oval in Echuca for the celebrations.

At Echuca West Primary School, the students all worked on different parts of their banner, which includes the school’s name with pictures of district birds such as cranes, crows, magpies and kookaburras drawn inside the letters.

Paper and paint were provided by the Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games.

10 years ago June 2015

Butchers from Echuca and Moama Woolworths stores have been left shocked and angry with the news their jobs are being discontinued.

It comes as Woolworths announced a restructure in its meat operations, with in-store production to be moved to a centralised meat plant in Laverton.

About 10 meat workers are expected to be affected in the Echuca and Moama stores, many of which have been there for decades.

A qualified butcher from the Echuca store, who does not want to be named for fear he will lose his job and entitlements, and several others received a letter from the company on Tuesday last week advising them of a ‘‘redeployment’’ transition.

‘‘They have used the term redeployment, but it basically means we are losing our jobs,’’ he said.

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Football is clearly much more than just kicking a piece of leather around on a Saturday afternoon.

Take Echuca Football Club: it has kick-started an academy for a collection of young footballers who are eager to get more involved in the community.

At the helm is Scott Beattie, who initiated the program, with the assistance of senior coach Andrew Briggs.

Seven budding young footballers — Pat Connally, Nick McCann, Angus Byrne, Tom McMinn, Ben Costello, Nick Denahy and Will Rosenow — have been hand-picked to join Beattie in weekly development sessions and outside activities, which most recently involved a trip to the Starlight Express Room at the Royal Children’s Hospital.

‘‘It’s not so much about extra training sessions,’’ Beattie said.

‘‘We are trying to get more involved in community-based programs.’’

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