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Awais: Quiet achiever of aged care

By STEFAN BRADLEY   IN the close-knit Gippsland community, with its collection of small and medium rural towns, word travels fast. Through word-of-mouth recommendations alone, Awais Warriach...

Bonding by the bonfire at Budgeree

By KATRINA BRANDON   TAKING a bit of chill off the night, Valley Farmers held a community bonfire night earlier this month (August 7). Around 60 people...

High-tech and high speeds across GRISS floorboards

By BLAKE METCALF-HOLT   EXCITED students and spectators watched on as high powered model race cars, fuelled by hydrogen energy, flew around a circuit set up...

Two decades of life-saving treatment

By PEACE IJIYERA     GIPPSLAND Cancer Care Centre (GCCC) celebrated its 20th anniversary on July 31. The centre, located at Latrobe Regional Health (LRH), was officially opened...

Emergency relief centre opened in Morwell

By KATRINA BRANDON       SERVING the needs of local people, Anglicare Victoria and the Morwell Anglican Parish has collaborated, opening a new emergency relief (ER) centre...

Wuthering Heights reaches Boolarra

By LISA MARIAH     BOOLARRA'S Centennial Park rang with the haunting overtones of Kate Bush, as people from far and wide gathered, arms raised and dressed...

Local doctor honoured

By PEACE IJIYERA     DR Miriam Pietrzak-Cieslak has been recognised for 35 years of significant contribution and dedication to rural community service with a Victorian Rural...

Country music with the world at Pippa’s feet

By BLAKE METCALF-HOLT   ITCHING to take her trade to the next level, aspiring musician Pippa J recently graduated from the prestigious Junior Academy of Country...

Sarah set to fly high

By AIDAN KNIGHT AND STEFAN BRADLEY   SOMETHING’S in the air in Traralgon. Sarah Bryan grew up unsure what she wanted to do after high school. That all...

Traralgon Rodeo rallies for Little Jem

By BLAKE METCALF-HOLT   BREAKING into the community onward from the most recent bull bucking, cowboy-laced extravaganza, the Traralgon Rodeo handed out a $15,000 donation to...

Great gaming at the gallery

By KATRINA BRANDON   BRINGING nostalgic fun to Morwell, Game Fest took place at Latrobe Regional Gallery, hosted by Latrobe Libraries on July 1. Featuring the new...

Heart-warming postal service

By PEACE IJIYERA   MADE with love from the classroom, to the hands of residents at Dalkeith Heights Retirement Village. Grade 1, 2, 3 and 4 students...

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Match of the round lives up to hype

CRICKET CLV By LIAM DURKIN     LEISURELY weather provided a clam backdrop for an afternoon's cricket last Saturday. With one eye on proceedings and the other on the Caulfield...