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Illegal dumping

A SUSPECTED illegal asbestos dumping less than 200 metres from the Tyers residential area has reignited calls for Latrobe City Council to drop tip charges for disposal of the dangerous material.

Former McCormack Demby sites sold

Former McCormack Demby sites sold

Bushfire safety advice

FREE at-home advice on bushfire safety is available from the Country Fire Authority.

Boost for early learning

A $300,000 grant will be used to develop an additional early learning centre at St Pauls Anglican Grammar School, Traralgon, which was announced last week.

Warm weather sparks fire

TEN emergency crews extinguished a fire at Energy Brix, Morwell, after a coal pile self combusted last Monday.

Lives saved by strangers

IT has been almost a decade since a happy event - the birth of her only daughter - resulted in Traralgon's Jodi Galea almost losing her life.

‘Symbol of community’

TRARALGON resident Peter Harrison's sentiment on the gold medal, which lies glinting in its black leather casing, was clear: it is a symbol of community, strengthened and forged in the embers of the Black Saturday bushfires.

Quantum builds better relationships

LATROBE Valley support service providers checked out Quantum Support Services' youth residential building during an open day in Morwell last week.

Volunteer’s effort rewarded

ROBERT Fullerton said he was humbled to receive the 2012 Latrobe City Senior Citizen of the Year Award, which was awarded during seniors week last month.

From ‘paddock to plate’

FED-up with flavourless vegetables, passionate foodies Ian Martin and Irene Isherwood live by the motto "paddock to plate".

Meet the ‘mafia’

MANNY'S Arcade is considered by many community members to be Morwell's unofficial multi-cultural mecca.

Hatching an idea

IN a case of being at the "right place at the right time", a backyard Glengarry agri-businesss startup has been lauded for establishing a rapidly expanding local supply chain in as little 18 months.

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Information wanted on Morwell incident

By KATRINA BRANDON MAJOR Collision Investigation Unit detectives are appealing for information after a man was found deceased on the side of the road in...