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Fast grants up for grabs

Wellington Shire is inviting community groups to apply for Quick Response Grants. Open all year round, the scheme supports minor initiatives which encourage partnerships, celebrate occasions and assist with maintenance of community assets.

Police holiday warning

Police across Wellington and East Gippsland are urging visitors to local holiday areas to 'lock it or lose it'.

Fee hike to save Rosedale’s early learning centre

Changes to services and fee structures have been announced to keep the Rosedale Neighbourhood Kids Early Learning Centre from closing within two years.

Council steps in to clean up highway

The western entry to Sale should be a lot tidier this Christmas now work has begun along the Princes Highway at Wurruk following expressions of community concern.

Massive loads delivered to gas conditioning plant

Oversize equipment transporters have in recent weeks moved a number of massive loads to Esso's Longford Gas plant.

ExxonMobil begins Turrum field drilling

ExxonMobil subsidiary Esso Australia is drilling five new wells at the Turrum field in Bass Strait to develop new gas supplies.

Beach drowning

Police will prepare a report for the Coroner following the death of a man at Venus Bay on Sunday afternoon.

Exxon pulls out of on-shore gas

ExxonMobil is reported to have ended the Victoria Natural Gas joint venture it formed with Ignite Energy Resources in mid-2012.

Bull and Northe in shadow cabinet

Gippsland MPs Tim Bull and Russell Northe have both been handed positions in the shadow cabinet.

Bull locks horns over cattle

The decision to cancel the Wonnangatta Valley grazing trial was short-sighted and did not allow for benefits to be fully considered, according to Gippsland East MLA Tim Bull.

Quad bike farm fatality

A 59-year-old woman has died after she was involved in a quad bike accident on her property in the hills above Devon North on Saturday.

Church theft

Maffra police are investigating a theft from the Anglican Church in Maffra.

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