Body built to perfection
Moe resident Maurizio 'Spud' Manduci is nearing 50 and is in the best shape of his life.
Experience guides vote
Member for Eastern Victoria Harriet Shing has shared the deeply personal story of caring for her brother as he battled prostate cancer during a parliamentary speech in which she outlined her support for voluntary assisted dying.
Grant for mine work
Ground support work will be completed in the Long Tunnel Extended Gold Mine at Walhalla with a grant of $50,000 from the Department of Environment, Land, Planning and Water.
Energy projects sought
Gippsland Climate Change Network's Latrobe Community Power Hub is on the look-out for community partners for small-scale energy projects.
Neighbourhood house farewells Jenny
Despite being a personal style choice, Jenny Poon's iconic electric blue hair is perhaps a metaphor for the Traralgon Neighbourhood Learning House, the organisation she will retire from leading after 28 years.
Woven into the fabric of history
Carmen Azzopardi was only 14 years old when she stepped in for the job interview that would signal the start of her career as a seamstress.
Nationals knock Yallourn TAFE bus routes
The National's training, skills and apprenticeship spokesperson Steph Ryan has criticised the state government's bus routes to the Federation Training campus at Yallourn.
After weeks away, Bonnie goes home
A video has revealed the heartfelt moment 13-year-old Jasmine Bodley-Williamson was reunited with her dog, 11-year-old Bonnie, after she escaped from the family's Moe property on September 8.
Tech school support, with one condition
Safetech director David Wakefield has added fuel to member for Eastern Victoria Melina Bath's concerns for Gippsland Tech School's ability to deliver a wide enough range of real-world learning, revealeing it would be willing to become an industry partner if the school produced employable people with the right skills.
All work and no play is no issue for bowling kingpin Rhys
Traralgon resident Rhys Woszczeiko will split from study this week when he leaves for Malaysia to represent Australia in tenpin bowling.
Slice of Japan on Commercial Road
In the early 1980s it was a normal sight in one corner on Commercial Road, Morwell to see Japanese children eating hamburgers and Australian students wearing a Japanese kimono.
Lowanna solar finalist
Lowanna College is one step closer to installing solar panels and undertaking a major upgrade of its sustainability garden with the recent announcement the school is a finalist in the international Zayed Future Energy Prize.






















