Pet owners’ dilemma
MORWELL resident Sarah Ford is torn. An animal lover, Ms Ford's heart goes out to the feral felines which she believes lives under her neighbour's house, but she is also concerned about the safety of her own pets.
Election nominations begin
WHILE the Australian Labour Party will meet on Thursday to adopt its timeframe for pre-selecting candidates to contest the Federal seats of Gippsland and McMillan in September's election, independent Leigh Gatt has already thrown his hat in the ring.
New projects ‘imminent’
THOUGH "tenuous" Federal political circumstances have left the Latrobe Valley's power generation future in limbo, new projects for the region are "imminent".
Water pumping ceases
EMERGENCY approvals granted to Energy Australia allowing the company to pump water from the Yallourn open-cut mine into Latrobe River have ceased.
Slow land changeover
LATROBE City hosted Gippsland's lowest count of rural land sales in the 2004 to 2008 period, a landmark study has found.
Just for the money
DESPITE having had "plenty of sex" in her married life, the first time Sarah did it for money was a terrifying experience.
Back to school activities affected
AS the new schooling year kicks off, public schools in the Latrobe Valley have seen some changes or disruptions to their usual welcome activities as part of teachers' industrial action.
Police on hand as Moe review moves forward
DISCONTENT continues to build among Moe residents over the shelving of a multi-million dollar revitalisation project for the town centre.
A show of support
GIPPSLAND is set to become the next regional frontier for pushing equal rights for the gay community, with local support groups to unite in a public rally underway.
Widening the gap
MULTIPLE cuts to State Government school programs are threatening the educational prospects of large numbers of Latrobe Valley students.
Motions carried at Moe rally
A call for Latrobe City's West Ward councillors to immediately resign was met with applause by the majority attending Friday's Moe community information night.
‘Intense negotiations’ to begin this week
IT is believed work bans scheduled by public school Australian Education Union members, including a 24-hour stop work on 14 February, will continue as scheduled despite "intense negotiations" set to happen this week between the union and State Government.
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FOOTBALL
NORTH GIPPSLAND
BY BLAKE METCALF-HOLT
THE separation between the best and the rest gets slimmer.
Following results in Round 9 of the North Gippsland Football-Netball League, we...
