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On the road to recovery

On the road to recovery

East Gippsland Shire Council hosted a Boxing Day Storm recovery update meeting on Monday for the Buchan community. The meeting, held in conjunction with the Buchan, Gelantipy and Districts Renewal Association at Buchan Community Hall, included response and recovery updates from council and other key agencies. Council's manager of emergency management, Kath Smith, said council has been actively...
Don’s 100th party

Don’s 100th party

Don Stephens celebrated his 100th birthday last Saturday at his daughter Linda and son-in-law Luke Smeaton’s home at Lakes Entrance surrounded by family and friends. Don is pictured sitting (left) with his daughters Sarah, Linda and son Kevin.  Don was born at home at Badgers Creek on the 30th December 1923, one of six children. Don’s family moved to Swan Reach in 1933 and Don has lived and...
Ho, ho, ho, Santa Run is on

Ho, ho, ho, Santa Run is on

It's that time of year again - the Bairnsdale CFA is hosting its annual Christmas Eve Santa Run. This year Mount Taylor Fire Brigade will also be taking part. The Santa Run will take place on Christmas Eve starting at 3pm and concluding at approximately 6pm. The starting point for two of the runs is the Bairnsdale CFA fire station in Calvert Street, the other will be from Mt Taylor Fire Station...
Men’s Shed opens

Men’s Shed opens

After a long five years of planning, fundraising and hard work, the Twin Rivers Men’s Shed (TRMS) was officially opened last Wednesday. A generous crowd gathered inside the Johnsonville Hall to hear from TRMS president, Jim Nicol, who spoke about how the Men’s Shed came to be. It all started in 2018, when Kevin Powell and several others were getting together in Kevin’s garage to work on projects...
Parade brings the festive spirit

Parade brings the festive spirit

A magical day. These were the words being used to describe this year's Bairnsdale Advertiser and Cranes Civil and Surfacing Christmas Parade last Saturday. Despite concerns rain may dampen the parade, the weather held off as hundreds of locals and visitors crammed Bairnsdale's Main Street to watch more than 40 entries pass by, an increase of around 10 compared to last year's parade. Trucks,...
Shire CEO resigns

Shire CEO resigns

East Gippsland Shire CEO Anthony Basford has resigned after a five year stint working in our region. He has accepted a position  with the Shire of Greater Geelong. It will be a six month project for Council to appoint another CEO and it is the only time councillors can have a degree of influence who becomes the East Gippsland chief administrator for the next five years or the length of the...

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