Community

Cowwarr Primary School students and the wider community raised money and awareness for the homeless with the return of their annual Gumboot-a-thon event, beating their fundraising goal in the process.

Wellington Food Pantry are seeking to remind everybody of their change of address.

A local business is the talk of the town after providing a haircut to none other than Anthony Field, a.k.a the Blue Wiggle.

Sylvia Van de Velde will be the newest addition to the centenarian club when she celebrates her 100th birthday on Thursday, surrounded by friends and staff at Gippsland Health's Wilsons Lodge.

Attention thespians of Gippsland, and absolutely everybody else, Melbourne performing arts company, The Dog Theatre, is bringing internationally renowned theatre group Born in a Taxi to our region for the first time, for not one but two shows of The Waiting Room.

The redevelopment of Sale Oval has officially been unveiled to the public following two years of construction.

Gippsland wool growers have again shown both their generosity and their care for community by donating a total of 340kg of the country's finest wool.

Thanks to COVID, all of us have struggled in one way or another, mentally, physically or financially. For many of those who were hit hard financially by the pandemic, the only way to ensure their children would have a gift to open on Christmas Day was by using layby. On the last Saturday of November 2021, almost exactly one month until Christmas, Sale's own Secret Santa made her way down Raymond Street, stopping into Toyworld Sale and Toys Galore & More. Kerryn, better known as 'Secret Santa', approached the counters at Toyworld Sale and Toys Galore & More with a generous gesture of good faith that would change Christmas for many unsuspecting families.

Elias Saliba has brought a taste of his heritage to the Loch Sport community, and it's quite a long way from his place of birth in the far north of Syria, but his kebabs have already made a mark since his food truck became operational in April.

For the first time, the Briagolong Mechanics' Institute committee hosts 'History at the Hall' on Sunday, June 19 from 1.30pm.'History at the Hall' offers the Wellington Shire community the opportunity to immerse themselves in local history as the Briagolong Mechanics' Institute committee opens the doors to one of the oldest standing buildings in the region.

Winter. Some love it, some hate it, and in the chilly, wet, windy months from June through August, not a day goes by when you don't say the two words, 'it's' and 'cold'. The East Gippsland Winter Festival started on Saturday, with the commencement of the F/LAMP Exhibition marking the first of many collaborative events in Gippsland's east this winter.

Gippsland Grammar's rowing team are drying their paddles and boarding a plane, first stop the UK, second stop Italy.