Letters to the Editor

Keep us informed

Mar 20 2025 Updated March 20, 2025

Sentinel-Times

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SENTINEL Times March 4 story, “Eviction from Tarwin Fuel Supplies…” and the new business owners dispute with the property owner over water inside one of the tanks, then the March 12 Letter to Your Paper, with back up of problem from Dean of Venus Bay that he states goes back at least five years.

I sure hope your paper, my local newspaper, keeps us informed of the outcome, please?

Michael Quinn, San Remo

Evil in our midst: Jury finds Erin Patterson guilty, guilty, guilty, guilty

LEONGATHA mother of two, Erin Patterson, has been found guilty of three counts of murder and one of attempted murder after a marathon trial in the Supreme Court at Morwell. The jury returned its verdict on day six of its deliberations, on Monday...

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Michael Giles

07 Jul 2025

News

Still, we wait… but here’s what happens when the verdict comes

IT’S day three of the jury’s deliberations in the Erin Patterson murder trial at Morwell. But by lunchtime on Wednesday, July 2, there’s still no verdict and no questions either from a jury that has spent two nights sequestered in a Latrobe...

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Michael Giles

02 Jul 2025

Police

Two Bass Coast teenagers arrested after stabbing in Wantirna South

DETECTIVES charged three teenagers after a stabbing and affray in Wantirna South on Monday, July 7. It is alleged that an altercation took place between a group of teenaged boys at a shopping centre on Burwood Highway in Wantirna South about 5.30pm...

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Sentinel-Times

10 Jul 2025

News

Erin Patterson: A crime what she put them through

ONE of the heroes of the health response to the medical mayhem caused by Erin Patterson, when she poisoned her four lunch guests that day, was young, nightshift registrar at Dandenong Hospital, Dr Beth Morgan. Of course, they were all heroes in the...

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Michael Giles

08 Jul 2025

Phillip Island Whale Festival open this weekend

MORE than a festival the Phillip Island Whale Festival is seen by Bass Coast Mayor Cr Rochelle Halstead as a reflection of who we are as a community. Opening the Whale Festival at Berninneit in Cowes Cr Halstead said it was a beloved event that...

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Bruce Wardley

12 Jul 2025

People and Lifestyle

Wonthaggi Acoustic Music Festival at the Wonthaggi Town Hall

THERE’s no place like home and the Bass Coast Pickers bring it all together for a hometown audience at the Wonthaggi Acoustic Music Festival. Opening on Friday July 4 the Wonthaggi Acoustic Music Festival continues through to Sunday July 6 with...

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Bruce Wardley

04 Jul 2025

People and Lifestyle

Nathan and Trev prepare for the 2025 Mystery Box rally in Broken Hill

LOCAL Volkswagen Beetle enthusiasts Nathan Leversha and Trevor Heawood are preparing to compete in the gruelling five-day Mystery Box rally starting from Broken Hill. Raising funds for cancer research the 2025 Mystery Box rally will start on August...

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Bruce Wardley

01 Jul 2025

People and Lifestyle

Celebrating NAIDOC Week at Berninneit Art Gallery with Steven Ulula Parker

A COMPELLING exhibition of contemporary and traditional work from Millowl artist Steven Ulula Parker is a feature of NAIDOC Week at the Berninneit Art Gallery. ‘Warreeny Ngulu’ or ‘Ocean Voice’ showcases Parker’s latest works including...

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Bruce Wardley

30 Jun 2025