Moe marks Remembrance Day with a moment’s silence
Crowds swelled at Moe for this year's Remembrance Day service as more than 150 people gathered at the town's cenotaph to mark 100 years since the armistice that ended the First World War.
Would-be premier’s Newborough link
Every time Matthew Guy fronts media in the Latrobe Valley he spruiks that his family migrated to Newborough and how his grandparents are buried in the Yallourn Cemetery.
Rail trail to receive upgrade under Labor
Energy and Environment Minister Lily D'Ambrosio sampled one of Gippsland's delicious treats – a meat pie from Bushies Bakery on Thursday afternoon – following a $1 million pledge to upgrade a section of the Gippsland Plains Rail Trail.
Logging delayed by protest
A logging protester halted forestry operations for two days last week after establishing a tree sit 20 metres above the ground on the southern slopes of Mount Baw Baw.
Child injured in ball bearing attack
Detectives have launched an investigation after two people were struck by ball bearings in Traralgon last week in what police believe was a calculated attack.
Canadian fiddling fun at Narracan
The Narracan hall was filled with the sounds of traditional French Canadian folk music when two special guests from Quebec came to perform in Australia for the first time.
Small towns mark a century since armistice
Erica was Trafalgar Thorpdale RSL's third stop on Saturday, after sub-branch president Ray James led the first Remembrance Day service for the weekend high in the Great Dividing Range.
Ted recalls four years of service
Ninety-four-year-old Erica resident Ted Ellen started his four-year service in the Royal Australian Navy in 1942 in a minelayer.
Kossie upgrade if ALP wins
Traralgon's Kosciuszko Street Primary School will receive $2.89 million to re-build a section of the school if Labor is re-elected on November 24.
Bill’s memory looms for Doolans
Box Hill South resident Wendy Doolan shares the name given to a street in Morwell, but has no memory of the man Doolan Street was named after.
Stand-alone promise
Latrobe Special Developmental School will receive a new, purpose-built facility if the Coalition is elected on November 24.
Mal commemorates his family’s service
It is not usual practice for people to lay personal wreaths during a Remembrance Day service, however, a few exceptions were made at the Morwell service this year.
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By KATRINA BRANDON
CREATING a safe and fun space for local youth, the Uplift Collective came together on July 8 at Village Cinema Morwell to...
