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Heyfield PS’s new building

STUDENTS at Heyfield now have bigger, better classrooms and school facilities to learn in.Heyfield Primary School's new $3.02 million modular school building, providing a...

Maffra pump track work is underway

CONSTRUCTION of Maffra's new pump track is underway.The all-weather pump track, suggested by Maffra Secondary College students during the development of the Wellington Youth...

Awaiting the Easter Bunny

AS the anticipation builds for the arrival of the Easter Bunny this Sunday, Gippsland Grammar's Early Learning Centre children this week made Easter hats...

Rubeena race in perfect weather

"RACE the Rubeena", which was held on a perfect sunny autumn day on Sunday, has been declared an outstanding success.The event attracted 320 keen...

Poison mushroom warning

POISONOUS mushrooms have begun growing in Victoria following widespread recent rain and ideal growing conditions.Victoria's Deputy Chief Health Officer Dr Angie Bone has issued...

Hopes Sale Show will go ahead this year

PLANNING for the 2021 Sale Show will be advanced at the Sale and District Agricultural Society's impending annual meeting.Society secretary Vanessa Telfer said it...

COVID vaccine now available in Gippsland

IT was history in the making in Moe on Monday, as the first COVID-19 vaccination in a Gippsland general practice clinic was distributed.Moe's Barry...

Art festival coming to Moe

THE people of Gippsland will be treated to some of the state's greatest art work this weekend as the inaugural Show Me Some Art...

Celebrating release of flathead

LOCH Sport Fishing Association recently visited Metung to celebrate the first release of 42,000 dusky flathead fingerlings into the Gippsland Lakes.The release was part...

Funding to help towns transition from timber

HEYFIELD and Yarram are two timber towns earmarked to receive money to develop a plan transitioning their economies from native timber harvesting.The state government...

East coast rain brings a drenching

AN autumn deluge has dumped more than 100 millimetres in 24 hours across some parts of Wellington Shire this week, causing flash flooding, closing...

Ideas man who turned dreams into reality

THERE is a common saying in tight-knit communities that you have to be a resident for at least 20 years before you can be...

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Wellington Shire’s new mayor and deputy

The election of councillors Cindy Madeley and Liz Foat as Wellington Shire’s mayor and deputy mayor on Tuesday night marked a historic first for...

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