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Suspicious car fire

Police are investigating after attending a suspicious car fire on the Princes Highway near Stratford on Monday morning.

Theft from car

Maffra police are appealing for anyone who may have witnessed or has information regarding a theft from a motor vehicle incident at Coongulla.

Stratford honours Stothers

Marion Stothers was awarded Stratford's Citizen of the Year on Thursday, for showing outstanding commitment to the Stratford community.

Quiet achievers acknowledged

Maffra has acknowledged some of the community's quiet achievers in its annual Australia Day ceremony.

Australia Day celebrated across the shire

Australia Day was celebrated in dozens of locations across Wellington Shire at official and private gatherings.

Plea for more health study participants

The Hazelwood Health Study's Adult Survey closes recruitment at midnight next Tuesday, January 31.

Jamie Paull secures state title

Paull wins the VIC1 plate for sports sedans.

ASH and CFMEU to meet Pulford over mill closure

Minister to discuss possible closure of Heyfield's ASH mill with the loss of 250 direct jobs and thousands of others at risk

Local colleges in school doctor roll-out

Sale College and Maffra Secondary College have been included in the state government's Doctors in Secondary Schools program roll-out.

Council seeks views on gaming policy

Wellington Shire is continuing to call for public submissions on its electronic gaming machine, or poker machine, policy.

Our new OAM

A long-term Cancer Council organiser and supporter of the North Gippsland Bowls Division, Mrs Relph is well known for supporting charitable causes and getting things done.

Timber mill crisis

A reduction in supply has led to the owners of ASH, the Hermal Group, to begin planning for the shut down of the mill when existing saw log stocks are exhausted in September, an irreversible process that will begin in April unless a supply solution can be found.

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Suspicious blaze at old Sale police station

Emergency services contained a major fire last Thursday evening at the abandoned former Sale police station on York St, near Lake Guthridge, with a...