MOVING some council staff to Korumburra would free retail space in Leongatha, paving the way for further development in Leongatha. That is the view of Korumburra Business Association treasurer Brian Hess, after the association last week launched a petition calling for South Gippsland Shire Council to shift some departments to the former Korumburra Shire offices [...]
THREE members of the Inverloch Windsurfing Club are bound for Africa in a bid to make speed sailing history. Andrew Daff of Sandy Point will join Craig Spottiswood of Beaumaris and Jacques Kint from Drysdale at the Luderitz Speed Event in Namibia in October. The trio will vie to be the fastest along the Luderitz [...]
SOUTH Gippsland Shire Council will take over the management of Yanakie’s and Port Welshpool’s caravan parks in the second half of the year. Council has voted to end the expression of interest process for the leasing of the two parks and to take over their management. Council’s property manager Chris Van Der Ark said taking [...]
TERMINAL illness can be a confronting and difficult time for patients and their loved ones. There is no hospice in South Gippsland where people can go to be cared for in their final months, weeks and days, but there is a service that offers succour and comfort to those who want it. South Gippsland Palliative [...]
LEONGATHA Secondary College will fall $3m to $4m short of what it needs to complete building works at the education precinct site, principal Brett Windsor said. The school made an impassioned plea to Deputy Premier Peter Ryan and Education Minister Martin Dixon for the cash when the pair paid a recent visit. But no money [...]
FORMER Leongatha Police and Bass Coast Highway Patrol sergeant Jim Baum said his decades in the force had been a “blessing”. Jim, who will retire in the coming weeks, has spent 37 years on the beat, with 10 years at Leongatha Police and a further 10 at the Bass Coast Highway Patrol. He was keen [...]
THE Leongatha Chamber of Commerce and The Star were invited on a special guided tour through Leongatha Memorial Hospital recently. The building, as it currently stands, is largely incomplete – a tangle of wires, frames and open spaces. But soon enough the flesh will go on and the essential innards – staff, machines and patients [...]
KORUMBURRA has an excellent future as a high quality aged care hub. With the Baby Boomer generation demanding a much broader range of services for its twilight years, Korumburra could set itself up to provide for those needs. A training facility for aged care workers could be part of that picture. McMillan MHR Russell Broadbent [...]
A FIRE at a dental clinic in Leongatha yesterday (Monday) was contained quickly. Staff extinguished the small blaze, after a gas leak caused an instrument to catch fire. Leongatha and Koonwarra CFA brigades attended as a precaution, as did Leongatha Police. Lyon Street was closed to traffic for about 30 minutes after the [...]
THE news just keeps getting better for Leongatha with the announcement Knight’s Garage in Bair Street will be rebuilt. Owner Tony Westaway confirmed with The Star work is expected to start mid-year on a rebuild of the historic garage. “The original facade of the building will be retained. I think this adds to the character [...]