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Our unsung Valley hero

Berry Street Gippsland regional director Trish McCluskey has dedicated her career to helping Gippsland's most disadvantaged and vulnerable young people achieve fulfilling and enriching lives.

The Valley in a different light

The length of Commercial Road and Tarwin Street will be transformed into a stage of music, theatrical performance and art projections at this year's Winter Festival.

Teddy Bear repair

Preps of Morwell Park Primary School were greeted by student doctors on Friday morning, when their classroom was turned into a make-shift teddy bear hospital.

No bridge too high for stallions

A team of more than 50 community members from Yinnar rallied to raise funds for MS Australia recently.

Learn how to communicate without a voice

THE Latrobe Valley community has the opportunity to learn how to communicate with the deaf community at a free program beginning tomorrow in Morwell.

Messages to Maitland

From one valley to another, community leaders are preparing to "extend a hand of friendship" to those hardest hit by last week's storms and flooding in New South Wales.

Seventy years in the making

Patience is a virtue and it's also the key to a long, happy marriage - that's the advice of Morwell couple Robert and Gwynneth Cole.

Lifetime of service to migrants

At 86 and with a long history in public service, Morwell resident Pat Bartholomeusz continues to reach out to migrants in need of help settling in Australia.

Priest’s seachange

A married Catholic priest celebrating mass may seem unusual if not scandalous for some people, but in Heyfield and Cowwarr, Fr Ken Clark is treated like any ordinary clergyman.

A Morwell market first

Locally-sourced produce within a 50-mile radius of Morwell will soon be on offer each month as community groups set out to reactivate the town.

Salvos still here to help

Latrobe Community Support Services has moved its head office to smaller premises in Morwell as a result of minor welfare funding cuts across Victoria.

Street soccer still tackling the bigger issues

Community street soccer players are set to kick more goals following a Federal Government investment into The Big Issue sports initiative.

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Total Fire Ban declared for all of Victoria

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