Letters to the Editor

Keep us informed

Mar 20 2025 Updated March 20, 2025

Sentinel-Times

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SENTINEL Times March 4 story, “Eviction from Tarwin Fuel Supplies…” and the new business owners dispute with the property owner over water inside one of the tanks, then the March 12 Letter to Your Paper, with back up of problem from Dean of Venus Bay that he states goes back at least five years.

I sure hope your paper, my local newspaper, keeps us informed of the outcome, please?

Michael Quinn, San Remo

Elderly woman scammed out of $130,000 in Foster, can you assist the police?

BASS Coast Crime Investigation Unit detectives are appealing for public assistance after a 91-year-old woman was scammed out of over $130,000 last year. The woman from Foster received a phone call from a person purporting to be from her bank on...

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Sentinel-Times

13 Mar 2025

Community

Tiger snake caught in Wonthaggi’s main street

A TIGER snake slithering down Graham Street in Wonthaggi at lunchtime today caused a bit of a stir among shoppers. All the attention from fascinated pedestrians drove the reptile, which was seen to be coming from the taxi rank, to seek sanctuary in...

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Courtney O'Brien

18 Mar 2025

Emergency Services

Male questioned over Anderson fire

POLICE have interviewed a 56 year old male from Anderson in relation to a fire lit during the fire danger period that required emergency services and burnt approximately one hectare this afternoon around 3.30/4pm. It’s understood the male was...

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Sentinel-Times

22 Mar 2025

Community

Back to the future for Queen Street Wonthaggi with a dirt road

PLANS to rip up road asphalt at the end of Queen Street, Wonthaggi and return it to gravel have made local residents hopping mad. “We’re only 600 metres from the CBD,” said Queen Street resident Peter Carden. With the Bass Coast Shire Offices...

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Bruce Wardley

20 Mar 2025

New home for LRH Cardiology

LATROBE Regional Health (LRH) Cardiology Outpatient Service has moved to the former Thomson Maternity Ward within the main hospital building. This move is a significant step towards improving access and convenience for patients, while also bringing...

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Tick of approval from Bass Coast for million-dollar Graydens Reserve

GONE is the track glider, there’s no money for a new rotunda and the skate area has been cut by a third but Bass Coast Council has finally given the green light for a major upgrade to Graydens Reserve in Newhaven. Council was told last week the...

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Country Cousins with Christine Webb

FOR OVER 15 years Christine Webb has been gathering stories from people who grew up on the land locally, during the time before technology took over the world. Having grown up on a farm in Korumburra herself, Christine initially trained to be...

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Slow down and save our wildlife

*The following article discusses native wildlife and stock death. Certain terminology is in line with Victoria Police language. IT’S one of their least favourite tasks and one of the saddest, but for Victoria Police members, particularly in the...

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Sentinel-Times

25 Mar 2025