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Rail bridge step closer

The advance tender notice process to contruct the replacement Avon River Bridge in Stratford has begun.

Having a ball

St Thomas’ Primary School students got the chance to meet and greet some of their footy idols when Carlton Football Club players visited the school.

Hair-raising crash into Sale salon

Early morning Sale shoppers had a lucky escape when a Holden Captiva mounted the curb and ploughed through the window of a Raymond St hairdressing salon.

Drugged drivers nabbed

Wellington Highway Patrol members intercepted two alleged drug drivers on Monday.

Cattlemen: ‘Brumbies must stay on plains’

Mountain Cattlemen are angry with the state government’s announcement that it wants to remove all brumbies from the Bogong High Plains.

Tonnes of carp removed from the Sale Common

Parks Victoria is undertaking an urgent European carp removal program from the Sale Common Nature Conservation Reserve to avoid a potential ‘black water event’.

Walking to defeat MND

Seven-year-old Emily Wagstaff hopes to walk all over Motor Neurone Disease.

Donations needed to finish tower restoration

Restoration of the iconic Sale Water Tower is well advanced with the stairwells now complete, new flooring laid and glazing beginning.

Promoting workplace safety

Promoting workplace safety, especially on farms, Worksafe’s Game of the Month initiative brought guest speakers and a full day of sporting action to the Boisdale Recreation Reserve.

A plan to form a new shire ratepayers’ association

Former Wellington Shire councillor Keith Mills is pushing for a new ratepayers’ association for the shire.

Local duo prevented from attending ExxonMobil meeting

Two former Longford gas plants maintenance workers were banned from entering an ExxonMobil shareholders meeting in Dallas, Texas.

Solar farm plans progressing

A proposed $50 million solar farm near Maffra is still progressing.

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