THE Voice star and former Newhaven College student Nick Kingswell, who recently performed in Ricky Martin’s team, was a surprise performer today (Friday) at the school’s special Foundation Day Assembly on Phillip Island and the students loved it! See more in The Star on Tuesday.
IT’S a parade like no other and arguably the best part of the Mirboo North Arty Gras weekend. With just about everyone involved, the conga line of community members that snaked its way through Mirboo North’s main thoroughfare on Saturday was something to see. Mirboo North is a town that oozes ‘community’, from the smallest [...]
WIZARD of OZ director Peter McAlpine said the girl chosen to play Dorothy, Olivia Winchcombe, was new to the theatre. But the 12 year old has boundless talent. “We had call backs for Dorothy, but she just had something. She was the first to audition and the first name I wrote down,” Peter said. “We [...]
THEY came, they saw, they danced. And just as quickly the cast of 13 was gone. The Saturday morning flash mob performance outside Leongatha’s Memorial Hall saw a cast of young performers dancing and singing their way through the signature tunes from the musical. Stunned shoppers stood and stared. But few stayed still for [...]
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 LONG hot summer and strategic marketing helped South Gippsland Shire Council record an 11 per cent increase in visitors to visitor information centres at Korumburra and Foster. Centre staff assisted 20,508 people with visitor information and accommodation bookings from Christmas Day until the end of April. Local tourism operators are happy with the figures [...]
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 [...]
ALDI’S Leongatha supermarket project is regarded as one “of significance” by South Gippsland Shire Council. And because of that, shire planning director Phil Stone has delegated a team to deal with it. He said recently he hopes the planning application will be fast tracked in a month. In that event, the supermarket will be ready [...]