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Boost for Wellington

Gippsland will get a large share of $329 million in funding to upgrade defence bases ahead of the new basic pilot training school coming to RAAF Base East Sale.

Easter plea to drivers

With the Easter break looming, VicRoads is urging motorists to drive safely and plan ahead.

Fed Training move support

Training, Skills and Apprenticeships Shadow Minister Steph Ryan has thrown her support behind the push to move the Fulham campus of Federation Training into Sale.

Painting the town rainbow

Dozens of people turned up in Sale on Saturday to fling coloured paint at each other while raising money to help foster children.

Baby’s Day Out in the park

Bady's Day Out was on once again as part of Parks Week at the Sale Botanic Gardens on Tuesday.

Dead eels and fish

A Sale woman walking at Sale Common Nature Conservation Reserve on Monday has reported seeing dozens of dead fish and eels and an oily-looking substance in the water.

Man faces armed robbery charges

A Maffra man appeared in Sale Magistrates' Court on Tuesday accused of armed robbery while on bail.

Operation reveals ‘blatant disregard for life’

A 68-year-old Stratford woman was among more than 250 Victorian drivers who tested positive for alcohol during a state-wide long weekend police blitz.

Seaspray centenary celebrations

The town crier’s bell echoed down the foreshore as the centenary of Seaspray celebrations began on Saturday.

Woman says she grew dope to help the sick

A local woman who admitted to growing cannabis to help ill people, including a child with a brain tumour, has had her case adjourned.

Punch lands a man in court

A Sale man who pleaded guilty in Sale Magistrates’ Court to assault on Tuesday was told by the magistrate the community was sick of incidents like this one, and it was lucky the victim was not injured.

Court says mental issues ‘no excuse’

A severely mentally ill man has been sentenced to eight months imprisonment following a series of offences, including unprovoked violence on a V/Line train.

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