30 Dec 08 | THE final of the 2008 Sale Cup for greyhounds was run on Boxing Day night before a crowd estimated by industry stalwarts to be the biggest ever seen on a Victorian provincial track
30 Dec 08 | Wellington Shire Council has given in principle support for the management of the Golden-Paradise Beach Community Centre to be taken over by the local ratepayers group.
30 Dec 08 | PROPOSED changes to gaming machine entitlements have received a mixed reaction from local club operators.
30 Dec 08 | DECEMBER 31 marks the end of an era. It is the day Woodside's Omega Tower Communications officially ceases operation.
The Naval Transmitting Station, run by Omega Tower Communications, has been broadcasting to submarines for the past 10 years but has been deemed unviable by the Australia Defence Force.
The tower, standing at 432 metres high, operates on Very Low Frequency and receives signals from submarine operation centres and sends them out to subs all over the world.
30 Dec 08 | PARTS of Sale will be rezoned to make more land available for development.
23 Dec 08 | WITH patches of pink or red water currently visible in some areas on the Gippsland Lakes, authorities are keen to let the public know that they are not harmful to humans or animals.
23 Dec 08 | THE Yarram rink of Wayne Lynch, Anthony Banik, Jeff Amos and Tolly Banik won the North Gippsland Bowls Association state fours knock-out, played at Sale Bowls Club on Sunday.
23 Dec 08 | A HIGH-speed chase ended when a 21-year-old unlicensed driver from Drouin crashed his car at Kilmany last night.
23 Dec 08 | THE State Government needs to make a real commitment to the duplication of the Princes Highway and back it up with the funds, according to Gippsland South MLA Peter Ryan.
22 Dec 08 | SATURDAY'S round seven Sale-Maffra cricket matches were back to 40 over games, but it did not stop ladder leader Maffra piling up runs, finishing with 8-261 to defeat Stratford, who hit the next best score of the round of 8-175.
22 Dec 08 | SALE Turf Club is one of the winners of the `Racing to 2020' review.
22 Dec 08 | TOMORROW is the Sale Turf Club's final race meeting of 2008 with big fields the order of the day on an eight-race card.
22 Dec 08 | A REDUCTION in meetings and the loss of industry funding for training facilities for both Bairnsdale and Stony Creek were the outcomes of the release of the state-wide thoroughbred racing industry "directions paper'', prepared by Racing Victoria in conjunction with Country Racing Victoria.
22 Dec 08 | A LARGE crowd was on hand to witness heats of Australia's richest middle distance greyhound series, the Sale Cup.
22 Dec 08 | WELLINGTON Shire Council is urging residents to take particular care of their pets over Christmas.
22 Dec 08 | WELLINGTON Shire Council is once again supporting the Seaspray holiday bus.
22 Dec 08 | The staff at The Gippsland Times and Maffra Spectator would like to wish all readers a safe and happy Christmas and a prosperous new year.
19 Dec 08 | MURRAY Goulburn has announced a 13 per cent cut in milk prices to its suppliers.
19 Dec 08 | STAGE 1a of the Gippsland Regional Sports Complex is set to be completed in 12 months.
19 Dec 08 | TWO local athletes stood out in one of Australia's most notable athletics meetings, the Zatopek Classic conducted at Olympic Park last Thursday.
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