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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".

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.

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.

A royal performance

A NEWBOROUGH girl can now cross off performing for royalty from her bucket list in a year filled with excitement.

We will never forget

SOLDIERS past and present were honoured yesterday in Remembrance Day services across the Latrobe Valley as the nation paid tribute to its 102,000 fallen heroes throughout all wars.

Playground mishap will be put right

A TRARALGON playground mistakenly dismantled by Latrobe City Council last Thursday will be reinstated.

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