Nearly three years ago, 10-year-old Zac Chapman, of Perry Bridge, and his family were dealt the news that he had leukaemia.He is currently in remission, but it has been a harrowing time for the family, so a special holiday to the Gold Coast this month will help to recalibrate and have a bit of fun after all the treatment.Zac, his sister Annie (11), and mum, Kylie Chalmers, will jet off with his...

Bairnsdale boxing is alive.The sellout event saw 1500 people fill the venue while a further 1000 tuned into the Aus Boxing Facebook live stream, all witnessing a Bairnsdale domination with all local fighters victorious, aside from Bayden Ashwood, who had to settle for a draw in his bout with Brodie Zara.Headliner, Jason “Warrior” Whateley, ended the show with a stunning second round knockout of...

East Gippsland Shire Councillors have thrown their support behind Gippsland Lakes commercial fishing licence holders.Cr Joe Rettino moved a motion to write to Minister for Fishing and Boating, Jaala Pulford, and Parliamentary Secretary for Jobs, Jane Garrett, seeking an economic stim- ulus and support package for the 10 licence holders who will be affected by the State Government’ s buy-out.It...

A processing machine to enable more recycling of polystyrene is operating at East Gippsland Shire Council's Bairnsdale landfill.Mayor, Cr Natalie O'Connell said to divert expanded polystyrene (EPS) from landfill, council’ s waste minimisation and sustainability team has invested in an EPS processing machine which compresses the polystyrene using heat. The product obtained during this process is...

Bairnsdale Rowing Club’s eighth annual Head of the Mitchell River Irish League Regatta boasts a record number of entries of 16 eights drawn for tomorrow’s race.There are more than 200 rowers entered to compete for the second year in a row in a field of all boat classes ranging from your traditional eights, fours, quads, doubles and singles.The main staging area, based on the riverbank at Howitt...