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Music excellence

A budding musician from Newborough was given the Premier's VCE award for highest academic achievement in music, together with more than 200 others who were considered as the state's best young minds.

Heart-warming reunion

When Newborough grandfather Fred Reynolds was put into an ambulance during a heart attack on 8 April, he had no idea he was about to take part in a Victorian first.

Back on the air

A passionate team of radio volunteers, whose program was cancelled when it lost support from Vision Australia Radio last month, have banded together to re-start an independent version of the show.

Nurturing a gifted talent

A FORMER Traralgon dancer is living the Billy Elliot story, by making a dream to become a professional ballet dancer a reality.

Beames of strength

A Traralgon boy has touched hearts internationally with a smile as his only means of communication.

Million dollar milestone

The Latrobe Valley community has again rallied behind the Royal Children's Hospital Good Friday Appeal, raising more than $155,000 this year through the region's committed hospital fundraisers.

Indigenous leaders honoured

An indigenous honour roll recognising the achievements of Aboriginal Victorians past and present, visited the Morwell Library on its road show tour last week.

A poem of craftsmanship

Broome's oldest pearl-lugger 'Pam' will take to the water once again, after a laborious 25-year Valley-based restoration project.

Donation sparks hope in Zimbabwe

Orphans, widows and Zimbabweans with a disability cried tears of joy as their shipment of hope was delivered.

Help keep history alive

A Museum dedicated to preserving the history of the Old Brown Coal Mine and the former State Electricity Commission is struggling to attract new volunteers.

Sweeping the streets

Latrobe City Council has reported the Morwell clean-up is "well underway" following Premier Denis Napthine's $2 million clean-up package in response to the Hazelwood mine fire.

A little grave restored

Community members have cleaned up an old grave in a Traralgon carpark after social media brought attention to its history.

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