East Gippsland Business Awards will officially launch this Friday at Kings Cove Golf Club.Director of Kings Cove Golf Club, Tom Moore, said the club appreciated the opportunity to host the launch.“Kings Cove Golf Club is delighted to be associated with the East Gippsland Business Awards and proud to sponsor the year’s launch,” he said.“We look forward to the opportunity to show support for East...

The Bairnsdale Secondary College Swing Band and newly formed band, No Lunch On Tuesdays, are looking forward to their next performance at the Nicholson Hotel as they fine-tune their repertoire to participate in the 39th Merimbula Jazz Festival held over the long weekend in June.There will be two performances in the festival and four other gigs during the weekend, keeping both groups busy.One of...

A two-year process to rebrand Federation Training, which was the culmination of the two Gippsland TAFEs some time ago, came to fruition last week with the launch of TAFE Gippsland.A large crowd attended a celebration of the launch in Bairnsdale on Tuesday at TAFE Gippsland’ s Oaktree Restaurant.TAFE Gippsland chief executive officer, Grant Radford, said the rebranding was the start of an...

Work will start as soon as possible on a $100,000 upgrade of the East Gippsland Rail Trail, following the re-election of Federal member for Gippsland, Darren Chester.Mr Chester said the project would reseal 12 kilometres of the trail from Bairnsdale to Nicholson.“More than $3 million has recently been announced to upgrade local recreational and sporting infrastructure to improve liveability and...

After 18 years the Nowa Nowa Men’s Choir is still hitting the right note.For a choir that started at a buck’s night in Nowa Nowa, the Nowa Nowa Men’s Choir has grown to one of the most wellknown choirs in the region, performing a number of gigs a year.Leading musician, Andrew Stuivenberg, has been a part of the choir for 10 years and says it is just a bunch of mates having a good time while they...