Tag: community

Wellington Food Pantry are seeking to remind everybody of their change of address.

Attention thespians of Gippsland, and absolutely everybody else, Melbourne performing arts company, The Dog Theatre, is bringing internationally renowned theatre group Born in a Taxi to our region for the first time, for not one but two shows of The Waiting Room.

Australia's worst May on record for influenza cases has local doctors pleading for all Victorians aged six months and over to utilise the free flu vaccine scheme before it ends on June 30.

Thanks to COVID, all of us have struggled in one way or another, mentally, physically or financially. For many of those who were hit hard financially by the pandemic, the only way to ensure their children would have a gift to open on Christmas Day was by using layby. On the last Saturday of November 2021, almost exactly one month until Christmas, Sale's own Secret Santa made her way down Raymond Street, stopping into Toyworld Sale and Toys Galore & More. Kerryn, better known as 'Secret Santa', approached the counters at Toyworld Sale and Toys Galore & More with a generous gesture of good faith that would change Christmas for many unsuspecting families.

For the first time, the Briagolong Mechanics' Institute committee hosts 'History at the Hall' on Sunday, June 19 from 1.30pm.'History at the Hall' offers the Wellington Shire community the opportunity to immerse themselves in local history as the Briagolong Mechanics' Institute committee opens the doors to one of the oldest standing buildings in the region.

In 2019, Cameron Churchill and Ross Bennell recognised the limited opportunity for the Sale and surrounding community to play competitive basketball that would cater to those with all different abilities. So, the two men in their 20s created their own league, The Little Apples Basketball League. Turnbull Toyota and Morelli's Furniture and Bed went head to head on Wednesday night in the Little Apples Basketball League Season 6 grand final.

Volunteers from the Sale Cancer Council Group hosted Australia's Biggest Morning Tea on Thursday, May 19.

The 45th Plain English Speaking Award (PESA) State Heat was held at Gippsland Grammar's Garnsey Campus on Tuesday, May 24. Adjudicators awarded Year 11 Catholic College Sale student Ellie MacGregor as the winner, while Year 10 student Georgia Steel, from Gippsland Grammar, was runner-up.

Sale's Farms to Families market has been bolstered by the support of volunteers from Esso.

Volunteers are still waiting for a new station as their current building deteriorates

Devout cubers will be descending on the region for Sale's annual speedcubing event

The Sale Vintage Tractor Club is celebrating one of the best turnouts ever to their annual long-weekend event. The 38th Vintage Tractor Pull was held...