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Watchorns Leongatha Newsagency was the first shop in the town to fly the Olympic flag and the green and gold for local Olympian Eleanor Patterson and they're encourging others to do likewise.

THE support in Leongatha for local Olympic high jumper Eleanor Patterson is building as the day for lift-off in Tokyo draws closer.

The EDFL will not return this weekend, but the league is expecting most clubs will agree to return next Saturday. Photo: Jeff Tull.

THE Ellinbank and District Football League is expecting its senior competition to return next Saturday.

Chasing grants, good business ideas, and new residents is all part of the plan to grow the South Gippsland Shire over the next 10 years.

IT’S easy enough to say you’ve got a new Economic Development Strategy that’s going to create “a thriving, diverse and sustainable local economy built on our region’s natural advantages”.

The Mid Gippsland Football Netball League will return next Saturday, with two games to be played before the finals begin. Photo: Annie Holland.

THE MID Gippsland Football Netball League will return for the last two games of the home and away season on August 7.

FOLLOW the meandering driveway into the picture-perfect location to find this well-built 14-year-old JG King home.

Dedicated Bass Landcare Indigenous Nursery Group volunteer planting native seedlings.

BASS Coast Landcare Network has held its first Women on Farms discussion group workshop, offering women an opportunity to learn and improve their skills.

A regular visitor to country football netball grounds over the winter, Danny O’Brien caught up with Stony Creek President Mark Le Page and committeeman Michael Darminan recently. Let them play, he says.

  HOW important are country football-netball clubs to the fabric of country communities? Those involved know they are absolutely fundamental. But according to Gippsland South MP Danny O’Brien, he doesn’t believe the state government and the health authorities value country football and netball enough.

THERE is a confirmed positive case of COVID-19 in Bass Coast.

After a lengthy Zoom meeting, the Gippsland League clubs have agreed to restart action next Saturday.

CLUBS in the Gippsland League have unanimously voted to restart their season on August 7.

The smashing of Kilcunda Community Association’s ‘gnome garden’ has been the last straw for the organisation.

THE Kilcunda Community Association (KCA) has been left frustrated and fed up after being targeted multiple times by heartless thieves.

The $5.4 million transformation of Bair Street in Leongatha is almost complete with 70 trees going in this week, all that remains now is for nature to add its magic.

THE 70 trees that have just been installed in Bair Street Leongatha is one thing but what’s even better news for the town and the local community is the number of businesses, new businesses that have been attracted back to the street.

The West Gippsland Football Netball Competition will return to action on August 14, after seven clubs voted in favour of waiting until less restrictions applied. Photo: Aiden Box at Unboxed Photos.

CLUBS in the West Gippsland Football Netball Competition have voted to wait until August 14 to resume their competition, leaving just one home and away game to be played.

Police recovered Cowes’ ‘Harmony Bells’ just in time before they were headed for China. Photo: Bass Coast Shire Council.

WONTHAGGI police have pulled off an incredible feat after recovering Cowes’ ‘Harmony Bells’ from a shipping container destined for China.