Learning portal an award winner
Wellington Shire Council’s EduCloud project has been awarded the Municipal Association of Victoria’s Technology Award for Excellence.
Roundabouts, barriers for truck route
Preliminary concepts for the alternative truck route around Sale reveal three new roundabouts, including one on the Sale-Maffra Rd.
Grisly discovery of dumped goat remains
The grisly discovery of at least 13 severed goat heads and carcasses at a Longford pine plantation has left a local resident “disgusted” and raised concerns of an illegal commercial butchering operation.
Good behaviour bond
A man avoided conviction over making threats online in relation to the Esso gas plants protests.
Busy weekend for police
Wellington police conducted more than 3000 preliminary breath tests as part of the state-wide Operation Nexus during the long weekend.
The changing face of our local pub scene
Sale’s Club Hotel But is not the only pub in the Wellington Shire to close its doors, joining a growing list of hotels that have called last orders.
Scoping requirements approved for Kalbar
Victorian Planning Minister Richard Wynne has approved the final scoping requirements for the Environment Effects Statement on the Fingerboards Mineral Sands project at Glenaladale.
MG sale approved by shareholders
UPDATED: The $1.31 billion sale of Murray Goulburn to Canadian company Saputo has been approved by the majority of the dairy processor’s shareholders.
Let the Gold Coast games begin
Sale Swimming Club life member Jacqueline Madden is one of only three Victorians to officiate in the swimming at the Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast.
Fun and games
Students at Guthridge Primary School, Sale, have been learning about Commonwealth countries.
Worries over RFA ‘conflict of interest’
Some Victorian timber mills are still seeking answers on supply contracts from the state government, after local regional forestry agreements were extended to 2020.
Greens targeting Finger Boards sands project
The East Gippsland Greens are ramping up their push to keep food production a priority in the region, and mining projects such as Kalbar’s mineral sands mine out of agricultural areas.
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