Steam train rolls into town
The 707 Operations steam locomotive trip to Sale on Saturday rekindled plenty of childhood memories, and certainly sparked some new ones.
PFAS at ‘safe levels’
Gippsland Water has confirmed that potentially toxic chemicals detected in recycled waste water at the Dutson Downs recycling plant are within the health-based guidelines.
Learning some life-saving skills
Sale Primary School students picked up some helpful skills this week, as St John Ambulance ran first aid workshops.
PFAS in perspective
Local farmers have reacted with concern over a front page article, detailing how farmers near Esso’s Longford gas plant and RAAF Base, East Sale, have been warned not to eat meat, offal or dairy from their own livestock because of contamination by potentially toxic chemicals.
Waste charges up, but rates cap a saviour
Waste charges will increase, but Wellington Shire ratepayers have escaped a large rate rise again thanks to the state government’s cap, and can expect an average rise of 2.25 per cent following revaluations throughout the municipality.
Solar panels to cut hospital power bills
Sale, Maffra and Yarram hospitals and the Stretton Park aged care facility in Maffra could collectively save more than $200,000 in power bills annually.
Crime drops by nearly a quarter
Crime rates have declined in Gippsland — in Wellington Shire, the offence rates per 100,000 population has declined by more than 23 per cent between March 2017 and March 2018.
Council approves budget
Wellington Shire Council has adopted its 2018-19 budget, with $22 million to be spent on roads, residential streets, paths, parks, streetscapes and open spaces.
Court confirms village must tackle contaminant
A Sale aged care facility has been told it is responsible for pollution on its land.
New search for offshore oil, gas
More seismic testing is proposed offshore, this time to search for oil and gas.
Eagle deaths shock
Gippsland farmers have backed calls for calm in the wake of the shock discovery of at least 136 wedge-tailed eagle carcasses on a property in east Gippsland.
Local women are facing big disadvantages
Wellington Shire women are disadvantaged by a lack of reproductive health information and access to legal terminations, despite young women in the shire having higher rates of unplanned pregnancies than the state average.
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