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Donors flow into Sale blood bus

Australian Red Cross mobile donor blood bus bookings in Sale have been strong — so much so that some donors turning up unannounced are being encouraged to return when it’s less busy.

St Mary’s helping keep five Ugandan kids in school

St Mary’s Primary School, Maffra, students handed over $1000 last Friday to One Planet Classrooms.

Red Balloon Day at Guthridge school

For the fourth year, Guthridge Primary School in Sale hosted a National Red Balloon Day event, helping local fire brigades raise money, while also focusing on fire safety.

Property owners are unhappy with barriers

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: The centre road barrier project between Stratford and Bairnsdale should cease immediately and stay in cessation until all concerns are satisfactorily addressed.

Graffiti attacks in Sale

Owners of a Sale butcher shop are dismayed after a vandal attack involving paint and feathers last week.

Sale rail ‘still ignored’

State parliament has again heard of the need for additional rail services to Sale.

​Study moves to lungs

Following cardiovascular tests, the Hazelwood Health Study has moved onto checking lungs.

Chester backs McCormack

Gippsland MHR Darren Chester ruled himself out of contesting the Nationals federal leadership in the wake of Barnaby Joyce’s resignation.

Esso BHP to keep oil stakes

ExxonMobil and BHP have said they will keep their stakes in Bass Strait crude oil, just 20 months after putting them on the market.

Lucky to escape

Police say the three occupants of a car that rolled down a six metre cliff edge near the Blue Pool on Saturday were lucky to escape with minor injuries.

Globemaster thunders in

The largest aircraft in the Royal Australian Air Force’s fleet, the C-17A Globemaster III, roared into Sale last week as part of a new flying training program.

Yarram police kept busy

Yarram police have been kept busy with a spate of incidents in the past few days.

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