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Preps make a start at Leongatha Primary School

Jan 29 2025 Updated January 29, 2025

Andrew Paloczi

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Leongatha Primary School's Prep students were excited to make a start on Wednesday, the occasion being just as special for new principal Warwick Ford.

It’s not a house, it’s a home, says Aileen Hughes

IF THE outcome of a bureaucratic process, in the middle of a serious housing crisis, is to issue a local pensioner with an order to “cease occupation”, then there’s something seriously wrong with the process. But that’s the situation that...

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Michael Giles

24 Jun 2025

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Still, we wait… but here’s what happens when the verdict comes

IT’S day three of the jury’s deliberations in the Erin Patterson murder trial at Morwell. But by lunchtime on Wednesday, July 2, there’s still no verdict and no questions either from a jury that has spent two nights sequestered in a Latrobe...

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Michael Giles

02 Jul 2025

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Hold the line, no retreat

NO SURF lifesaving club, no road and dozens of homes lost, that’s the dire assessment given by Inverloch Foreshore Action Group (IFAG) if the state government sticks to its proposed ‘planned retreat’ solution. In response to the Department of...

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Sentinel-Times

29 Jun 2025

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Bendigo Bank to close branches at Yarram and Korumburra

AFTER reversing a decision to close its Bendigo Bank branch in Korumburra in June 2021, following a concerted local campaign, the bank has again announced this week that the branch will close. Bendigo Bank is also closing its branch at Yarram. The...

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Michael Giles

26 Jun 2025

“It’s about animals!… It’s about Imagination!… It’s about our Home!”

MAGICAL and meaningful, Imagine Live is a celebration of creativity, friendship and our precious natural world. With the help of the audience, performers play and sing their way through the pages of Imagine, and quickly discover there is way more to...

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Sentinel-Times

3 hours ago

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Day of festivities at Parrot Park

SATURDAY was filled with celebrations at Parrot Park as Patrick Ireland booted 12 goals in Sean Westaway’s 250th Senior game and 300th for the club, helping Leongatha to a big win over Bairnsdale, festivities spilling over to the netball court...

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Wonthaggi Acoustic Music Festival at the Wonthaggi Town Hall

THERE’s no place like home and the Bass Coast Pickers bring it all together for a hometown audience at the Wonthaggi Acoustic Music Festival. Opening on Friday July 4 the Wonthaggi Acoustic Music Festival continues through to Sunday July 6 with...

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Bruce Wardley

04 Jul 2025

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And the finalists have been revealed for the 2025 Bass Coast Business Awards

THE finalists are in for this year’s Bass Coast Business Awards! This year’s Judged Awards attracted 46 entries, and according to Bass Coast Shire Council it’s a strong signal that forward-thinking and entrepreneurial spirit is alive and well...

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Sentinel-Times

04 Jul 2025