Letters to the Editor

Thanks BCSC outdoor team

Jun 24 2025 Updated 18 hours ago

Sentinel-Times

1 min read

THUMBS up this week goes to the Bass Coast Shire outdoor staff for their prompt assistance in repairing the ripped up section caused by a heavy truck in White Road (Wonthaggi). Very much appreciated.

Carole Sartori, Wonthaggi

Case all wrapped up in triple ‘mushroom’ murder trial

AFTER five days of cross-examination and a gruelling eight days in total in the witness stand, it was all over for Erin Patterson just before lunch on Day 31, Thursday, June 12. It was a significant moment in the so-called “Mushroom Murder...

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Michael Giles

12 Jun 2025

News

Search underway for offenders after break in at McBride restaurant

POLICE are investigating after five offenders broke into a restaurant on McBride Avenue this morning. It’s believed the offenders jimmied open a rear entrance off a back alley and stole a cash register in the early hours of Thursday around 5am. If...

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Sentinel-Times

12 Jun 2025

News

Erin’s recipe for control exercised with ‘devastating effect’

CROWN Prosecutor in the marathon ‘mushroom murder’ trial in the Supreme Court at Morwell, Dr Nanette Rogers SC, wasted no time getting down to business on Monday, June 16. “At the heart of this case,” said Dr Rogers, “are four calculated...

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Michael Giles

16 Jun 2025

Community

What a mess, as road reserve left in a shocking state after squatters leave

SQUATTERS camping on a roadside reserve opposite The Caves carpark at Inverloch have trashed the site according to nearby residents and farmers. Glenn Morris described the abandoned campsite as an absolute mess. “It’s a shambles and an absolute...

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Sentinel-Times

13 Jun 2025

Nurturing hearts and minds at Newhaven College

AT Newhaven College, student wellbeing is at the heart of the school’s culture. The College is committed to holistic pastoral care, offering a range of support systems designed to nurture each student’s emotional, social and academic...

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It’s not a house, it’s a home

IF THE outcome of a bureaucratic process, in the middle of a serious housing crisis, is to issue a local pensioner with an order to “cease occupation”, then there’s something seriously wrong with the process. But that’s the situation that...

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Flood-related planning concerns in South Gippsland

By Andrew Paloczi SOUTH Gippsland Shire councillors acknowledged the need for a proactive approach to the increasing frequency of significant flood events but expressed reservations about the potential impacts of integrating available Flood Overlay...

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Sentinel-Times

7 hours ago

News

Last days of mushroom murder trial start this week

FIFTY-year-old Leongatha mother two, Erin Patterson, charged with the murders of three of her in-laws and the attempted murder of another, will be back in court today, Tuesday, June 24. It’s only been four days since the Supreme Court last sat at...

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Michael Giles

10 hours ago