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A vision for 123 Café to live on

While the decision to close Sale's 123 Café at the end of 2020 because of the sale of its premises was made pre-COVID-19, the preservation of its mission has always been a strongly supported aspiration.

TAFE Gippsland Flexible Learning Centre Sale expansion

TAFE Gippsland staff and students in Wellington Shire will benefit from expansion works underway at TAFE Gippsland's Flexible Learning Centre campus in Sale.

Restoring Sale’s farmland to its pre-grazing state

Philanthropist Jason Thatcher has an altruistic plan to bring this block of land beside Flooding Creek back to its natural and healthy state.

The end of an era

A history-making final term has begun at Catholic College Sale, with the Sion campus to close at the end of this year.

Maffra’s property prices on the rise

Maffra ranked number three in the Real Estate Institute of Victoria's top 20 regional Victorian growth suburbs this quarter.

Local business and tourism associations receive $20k

Sale and Maffra business and tourism associations will receive $20,000 each from the state government, to help businesses recover from the effects of ongoing COVID-19 restrictions.

Loch Sport erosion concerns are set to be addressed

Loch Sport Foreshore Committee of Management will receive $48,000 from the state government to realign a foreshore walking track at Seagull Drive and The Boulevard.

Three people left with eye injuries after bird attacks

The mother of a teenager pecked on the eye by an aggressive magpie in Sale on Thursday is urging authorities to take reported incidents seriously and act quickly to prevent further attacks.

Curious creatures, wild minds

For the past 10 years, Steve Dwyer and Melesa Eldred have been keeping the fun of Book Week alive by putting on performances for young children at libraries and schools around the shire.

A heavenly conversion

Although he wasn't in the market for a new home, Gippsland artist Ken Roberts' creative imagination went into overdrive when he discovered a small, run down church for sale four years ago.

Yarram’s live music rock’n’rolling again

Café AGA has brought back a small taste of live music to Yarram on Sundays.

More than 100 projects in pre-planning

Wellington Shire Council has released an update of its operations.

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