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Mixed responses from local Kalbar meeting

Gippsland residents are demanding more details on the environmental effects of a proposed mineral sands mining project in Lindenow, after a recent information session fuelled community concern on the investigative processes.

Helping children cross since 1978

Rain, hail or shine, for the past 40 years Jenny Young has donned her high-vis coat and hat and dutifully waited for her students between the red and white posts.

Funds boost for CGH

Central Gippsland Health will receive $66.01 million in funding from the state government.

Marist Bro pleads guilty, apologises to victims

A former St Patrick’s College, Sale, Marist Brother and teacher has apologised to five victims of indecent assault in Gippsland in the 1970s, for what a judge has described as “shocking conduct”.

Bid to shed new light

Improved lighting at the Boisdale Recreation Reserve will lead to better training sessions and potentially night football games.

Prison to expand

The prisoner population at Fulham Correctional Centre will approach 1000 after an extension is completed.

Sporting complex misses out on federal money

Wellington Shire Council will look to the state government to complete funding to upgrade the Cameron Sporting Complex after failing to gain money through a federal program.

Police seek assault information

Sale police are continuing to seek information over the unprovoked assault of a 71-year-old man in May.

Trespassers’ firearms seized

Police have been questioning two men following reports of trespassing on a property in Stratford.

Search for hoons in Maffra, Rosedale

Police are seeking information regarding a hoon drivers in Maffra and Rosedale.

Esso office set to open soon?

Fitting-out work in the new Esso office premises in Sale appears well underway, with the return of staff appearing imminent.

Men prosecuted over firearms in national park

Parks Victoria has prosecuted two men from northern Victoria for illegal possession of firearms in the Alpine National Park.

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