Local cancer service to ease the pain

Local cancer service to ease the pain

THE long haul to the city for Bass Coast cancer patients is coming to an end with chemotherapy services to start at Wonthaggi Hospital next week.

​No place like home

​No place like home

Vulnerable residents will have to leave Bass Coast and move to Moe or Morwell to secure public housing.

Skaters nail famous victory

Skaters nail famous victory

There was never any question about the result once a contingent of kids stormed the Cowes cultural centre on Wednesday afternoon. Catherine Watson was there.

Inverloch surf club on brink

Inverloch surf club on brink

EMERGENCY repairs have begun to save the Inverloch Surf Lifesaving Club house after storm surges pounded the beach and left the clubhouse just 10 metres from the dune edge.

Have we got a deal for you!

Have we got a deal for you!

The company behind a proposed 1000-lot marina development at Mahers offers to fix Inverloch’s beaches, but it would pay to read the fine print. Catherine Watson reports

What do we value?

What do we value?

BASS Coast residents have made more than 135 submissions in the first week of public consultation for the Bass Coast Distinctive Area and Landscapes project.

Beware: four lane highway ahead

Beware: four lane highway ahead

what started off as an attempt to untangle Phillip Island’s notorious holiday traffic tangle seems to be morphing into a monster highway

Crugnale claims Bass for ALP

Crugnale claims Bass for ALP

IT’S been a nervous wait for former Bass Coast mayor Jordan Crugnale but the latest count from the Victorian Electoral Commission confirms she is the new MP for Bass.

Legal glitch foils Wonthaggi developer

Legal glitch foils Wonthaggi developer

A WONTHAGGI developer who used a legal loophole to bypass the council has been knocked back by the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal on a legal technicality.

Cowes tragedy sparks action on family violence

Cowes tragedy sparks action on family violence

​THE council will lobby the state government for more police resources and funding to tackle family violence in Bass Coast following the murder of Samantha Fraser in Cowes in July.