While parents, students and community understand the last few years have been challenging for everyone, this is particularly true for kids, who have managed lockdowns, restrictions and remote learning, along with other hurdles.  This year Lakes Entrance Primary School has made an extra effort to engage and sup-port extracurricular opportu-nities which are so important to developing...

A move by the State Gov-ernment to make dinning and entertainment more affordable has received mixed reviews from eateries in Lakes Entrance. The government's dining and entertainment program - Eat, Play, Cash Back is designed to help Victorians save money on restau-rant meals, lives gigs and museum visits over spring and summer, while supporting hardworking businesses. The program, which has...

Lakes Entrance Newsagency is thrilled a Lakes Entrance woman has won first division in Tattslotto recently.  The winner attributed her $1,428,579.98 victory to her late brother’s beloved pet bird after telling the cockatiel she wouldn’t have to rehome it if she won division one. Confirming her win with an official from The Lott, the mother of two relayed how the sublime win came about. “I’m...

Be positive. That's the simple key to a long life, according to Lakes Entrance's Eric Mitchelson, who last week reached the three figure milestone, turning 100. "Be very, very positive in life," he said. "Don't live in the past, that's the worst thing you can do. Living in the past creates lots of problems. "Get on with your life and be very positive, create new ideas and help other people...

Dale Reynolds from Wonkadoo Lounge and Chocky Sweetbox has been a very busy man over the past few months.  Not only has he been running and developing his café in Lakes Entrance, but he has spent four months making 10,000 liquorice bars for his stand at the Royal Melbourne Show.  He is excited to be taking his liquorice product to the city, a culmination of a five-year development of...