Recognising community contributions
STAFF WRITERS
OUTSTANDING citizens, community events and services were acknowledged and celebrated at the 2024 Latrobe City Australia Day Awards ceremony on January 26.
Long-standing volunteers...
Business winner defies lockdowns
By KATRINA BRANDON
THE years of lockdown created a lot of uncertainty, especially for new businesses.
Traralgon's Laser Clinic Australia (LCA) opened eight months before COVID,...
The need for a community undertaking
By ZAIDA GLIBANOVIC
LOSING a loved one is hard enough without the added stress of paying for the funeral bill.
However, a social enterprise aims to...
Vera Grinpukel reaches 100 years
By KATRINA BRANDON
ONE HUNDRED years is a magnificent milestone in life, and Vera Maria Grinpukel reached it last year.
On Sunday, November 19, 2023, Vera...
Celebrating a diamond anniversary
By ZAIDA GLIBANOVIC
From strangers to life partners: this is a story of unwavering faith and dedication.
Jake, a boy from Holland who moved to Australia...
Ringing in 60 years on board V/Line
By KATRINA BRANDON
MARTIN Zweytzer has been working with V/Line for 60 years and is not slowing down anytime soon.
Since the age of 14, Martin...
Learning from some of the world’s best bowlers
BOWLS - LIAM DURKIN
WORLD champion bowlers Corey Wedlock, Gary Kelly and Barrie Lester shared their expertise at this year’s EnergyAustralia Classic Singles.
The trio used...
Top honours for community advocate
By ZAIDA GLIBANOVIC
TRAFALGAR’S very own Arfa Sarfaraz Khan was recently inducted into the Victorian Multicultural Honour Roll for Women.
The Victorian Multicultural Honour Roll recognises...
Delectable dinner spot
By ZAIDA GLIBANOVIC
REAL estate agency, Domain released an article entitled ‘Traralgon: The country town where the food scene is going gangbusters’.
While that article was...
Art Society on the hunt for a new home
By KATRINA BRANDON
FOR 49 years, the Traralgon and District Art Society has been together and creating art - but it is suddenly homeless.
The society's...
Midwife taking on maternal and infant mortality in South Sudan
STAFF WRITERS
A LATROBE Regional Health midwife and nurse who spent 12 years in a refugee camp in Uganda after fleeing civil war in South...
LRH contributes to ASAP clinical trial
STAFF WRITERS
LATROBE Regional Health (LRH) has been a major contributor to a clinical trial, which has found less is more when it comes to...
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Internet friends examined in Patterson trial
By TOM HAYES
THREE new witnesses were examined as the jury returned for Day 5 of the Erin Patterson Supreme Court trial.
The three witnesses in...
