TOURIST activity in Mansfield over Melbourne Cup weekend will be bolstered by the coup of a new event - Targa High Country. more --->

GREG Wilder was elected to represent the Mansfield ward of Mansfield Shire Council after a count-back of votes was conducted by the Victorian Electoral Commission (VEC) on Friday. more --->

THE Federal Government’s latest attempt to keep the general public informed appears to be generating more heat than light, with parents, teachers and school principals critical of the scheme’s narrow bias towards literacy and numeracy as indicators of a school’s teaching effectiveness. more --->

MANSFIELD police have issued several tickets for traffic offences, including to a driver who was spotted spinning the wheels of their car at the Highett Street roundabout recently. more --->

ALMOST everyone in Victoria and many in other states around the country will be reflecting this Sunday - the first anniversary of the horrific Black Saturday fires - on the disaster and those lost in the tragic event. more --->

IT was back to school for all schools this week with more than 70 prep students starting their learning years. more --->

POSTCARDS, the half-hour show on Channel 9 each Sunday, which highlights places to visit and things to do in Victoria, is dedicating its first show for the year on February 21 to the Vic Tourism Award winners, including the local winner Spirits High. more --->

FOLLOWING an article is last week’s Mansfield Courier (Fire danger, fuel poses high risk), residents of Malcolm Street who have fences adjacent to the Mansfield Shire owned wellbeing block of land, are questioning why council cannot clean up its own backyard. more --->

QUICK thinking by a Bonnie Doon resident last week saved his home from burning down and the surrounding neighbors being put under fire threat. more --->

MANSFIELD Shire Council put on a light lunch on the council lawns to welcome the Collingwood Football Club to Mansfield last Monday. more --->

THE opportunity for back to back premierships for the Mansfield Eagles Football Club is taking a battering with the loss of at least half a dozen premiership players. more --->

THE Collingwood Magpies were in town on Monday and Mansfield came out in numbers to see them. more --->

Delatite’s A side has made a statement about its final four prospects by accounting for Mansfield in the two day match that concluded on Saturday at the Lords Reserve. more --->