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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.

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”.

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.

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.

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.

An artist’s impression of the Korumburra community hub.

THE community hub in Korumburra is now one step closer after a contract for construction was awarded following approval at council’s July meeting. The contract was awarded to 2Construct Pty Ltd for the lump sum amount of $5,643,816 (excluding GST). It covers construction of

New street works along Durham Lane are ready for the community to enjoy.

FOUR local artists have enlivened the Graham Street end, each creating a unique artwork along the laneway complementing the existing artworks already adorning its walls.

The community has rallied around Meeniyan’s Kara and Tom Davison and their four children.

MORE than $53,000 has been raised for a Meeniyan family after the mother was diagnosed with cancer after feeling unwell on her wedding day.

Looks like there will be at least another week of football lost with the Gippsland League declaring a return on August 7, but likely without crowds unless regional areas get a government reprieve.

THE major football competition in the local region, the Gippsland League, has provided a lead to the other leagues locally by declaring an intention to return to competition on Saturday, August 7.

Watch for a squally westerly change will move through the Melbourne area between 2pm and 4pm on Wednesday.

  THE Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) is predicting another wintry blast to move through the state during the day today and further into the week. And it has already started to build up with the hollowing northerly wind hitting 65km/h at the usually calm

Melissa McRae recently gave birth to her third child in Leongatha, which is seeing record levels of infants born.

BIRTHS at Gippsland Southern Health Service (GSHS) have hit record levels, with more than 200 babies being delivered in the past financial year.