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.
Drawing a line in the sand
A trial protective fence on the Inverloch beach is promising, reports Catherine Watson
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
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.
$1.15m package for emergency beach works
State Government funds sandbag wall in last-ditch effort to save Inverloch surf club
$19m cultural centre approved for Cowes
After decades of debate and disappointment, Phillip islanders are to get their new cultural centre.
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!
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
Library network takes shape
A NEW Waterline Community Library Network will be established to replace the retiring mobile library service.
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.
‘Jobs safe’ as councils merge services
Bass Coast CEO Ali Wastie predicted no local job losses as four Gippsland councils this week embarked on the first step of a shared service model.
Hospital deal nets $3 million for council
THE State Government will build Phillip Island’s new community hospital next to the Health Hub, in Church Street, Cowes.
Mobile library to go, but not yet
Councillors have committed to retaining Bass Coast's mobile library until alternatives are in place.
First steps for $19.6m coastal park and walk
CONSULTATION will start within a few months on the boundary of the $19.6 million Bass Coast Coastal Park and George Bass Coastal Walk.
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
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
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
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.