Patties Foods recently made a significant donation to the Hope Restart Centre. The local business handed over a cheque for more than $100,000 for the drug rehabilitation centre which was recently officially opened after two years of COVID postponements. The facility has been in operation for two years. “We are incredibly proud that the Patties Foods team have been supporting our charity partner,...
The Buchan Hall was yesterday at capacity with farmers upset at the East Gippsland Shire Council’s proposed 13.98 per cent hike on farm rates. The farmers from Buchan, Orbost and surrounding areas had come to voice their anger at the rate hike being mooted in council’s draft budget. East Gippsland Shire councillors, John White and Sonia Buckley, both farmers themselves, were in attendance. Cr...