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Glen Smith joins elite 400 club

To play 400 games of Australian rules football is a feat so uncommon that it's reserved for the absolute best.

Chemistry unites artistic venture

Two Gippsland artists driving home from a workshop in Meeniyan started a conversation about how an Aboriginal person and a non-Aboriginal person could collaborate through art.

Walking man in step with his mind

One step at a time, Dr Agustin Chevez is walking from Melbourne to Sydney pondering what people's purpose will be in the future when artificial intelligence makes the jobs of today largely redundant.

Tackling violence

Local service providers have welcomed the federal government's selection of the Latrobe Valley as one of five trial sites for a domestic and family violence prevention toolkit.

Youth mentors sought

Two programs supporting vulnerable young people are calling for volunteers to mentor and befriend youth with similar interests in out-of-home care.

YMCA named lead body in youth space

The Young Men's Christian Association has been appointed the lead organisation for the much-anticipated Latrobe Youth Space.

Start-up ideas welcomed in new program

Entrepreneurial locals will have the opportunity to participate in a program designed to foster innovative start-up ideas in the region.

Horses ready for winter show

Horse lovers can brush the mud from their mount's manes and don their Drizabones and gumboots to take part in the Ravens Park winter woollies horse show.

U3A embraced in Mirboo North

Mirboo North and District U3A is going gangbusters with more than 100 people enrolling in volunteer-run courses in less than 12 months since the group was formed.

Restocked fish evade family anglers

Something fishy has been going on at Latrobe Valley lakes with 1500 rainbow trout apparently missing in action despite assurances they were released in time for the school holidays.

Sailors left high and dry

Two Latrobe Valley sailors will be waving the flag for Australia when they head to Japan in October to take part in the Hansa Class dinghy world championships.

Pondage decision scuppers Sailability

A program to help people with disabilities get out and try sailing is in jeopardy following the closure of Hazelwood pondage to all on-water activities.

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