THE inaugural Inverloch Community Farmers Market will be held on Sunday, November 25. Up to 40 stallholders will take part in the community run, monthly market at The Glade reserve on the town’s foreshore. Seasonally fresh produce such as vegetables and fruit, plus cheese, olive oil, wines and soap will be among the goods offered. […]
MISSING Leongatha South woman Lorraine Bird was found safe and sound by police this afternoon (Wednesday). The 65-year-old woman had been missing since around 9am on Monday when she left her home in Koonwarra Pound Creek Road, driving a 2004 Silver Ford Laser with registration number RSK 167. Police found Ms Bird in Inverloch at […]
MURRAY Goulburn has announced it will cut another 15 jobs from the Leongatha plant in the next three months. This will take the total number of job cuts by the cooperative in Leongatha this year to 67. Murray Goulburn corporate affairs manager Kim Lovely said staff had been notified of the cuts just over a […]
SOUTH Gippsland Shire Council’s offices could be relocated to the former Leongatha railyards within 10 years. The proposal would make council’s existing offices in Smith Street available for retail development, but would come with an expensive price tag. The concept is just one of many suggested by final year architecture students from the Royal Melbourne […]
YOUNG severely damaged veterans from the war in Afghanistan have been living on the streets in South Gippsland. Suffering severe post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), they endure ongoing terrible nightmares and cannot manage their return to society. They are sleeping in doorways where they feel safe encased by three walls, with cover from behind and […]
FOCUS farmers Jon and Lauren Ryan and Alan and Christine Clyne have a problem many Gippsland farmers would like to have – how to keep up with the rate of grass growth. The Newry dairy farmers have plenty of water, but aren’t saturated like other parts of the region. Combine that with the warm weather […]
WHEN the Wonthaggi desalination plant is in full production, four four-axle trucks a day will be needed to cart solid sludge to the Lyndhurst Landfill at Dandenong South. The Star believes this is the first time Lyndhurst has been announced as the receiving centre. The information came via a Thiess Degremont works notification of the disposal […]
MUSIC filled the streets of Korumburra on Saturday, with the Annual Busker’s Festival playing on once again. Acts from far and wide, as well as locals, performed both on stage and on the street, competing in various age groups for busking pride. Karlee Hayes was awarded 2012 Korumburra Buskers Festival grand champion in a very […]
STAFF are not to blame for the closure of disability day services in Wonthaggi according to the union representing them. “We don’t believe the way it’s been typecast – that it’s the staff members’ fault that things are in dire strife,” vice-president of the Australian Education Union Greg Barclay said. “The funding and service delivery […]
FORMER St Kilda grand finalist Robert Eddy is returning to the fold and will play season 2013 with Stony Creek. The appointment of Eddy as a player was officially announced at the club’s annual general meeting last night (Monday) at Stony Creek and is a huge boost for the club as they chase premiership glory […]