Beach Netball returns to Lakes Entrance’s Main Beach this weekend.Registrations have been strong despite COVID-19 restrictions, and organisers will ensure players remain safe and able to access sanitisation easily.“So far we have four under 17, five ladies and eight mixed teams registered,” Lakes Entrance netballAssociation’s Kylie Curnow, said. “We are looking forward to a great weekend after...

A week after avoiding a COVID-19 scare swept across Lakes Entrance, the town is again buzzing with tourists who have surged back into town as the weather warms up.While numerous businesses had to undertake deep cleans and have staff tested, all are back on deck and open for business.Matthew O’Donnell, who owns Albert & Co, first heard his business had been visited by the pair through social...

Wairewa residents, Karren Scott and Vaughan Hibbs, celebrated Christmas and the New Year in their new home.The couple was burnt out in the Black Summer Bushfires after the blaze, which had been burning for weeks, finally arrived in the Wairewa Valley on the night of December 30.Eleven homes were destroyed in Wairewa after the fire skipped across the valley, randomly selecting its targets.Ms...

Lakes Entrance Police have expressed their disappointment at the behavior of New Year’ s Eve revellers who overstepped the line as 2020 came to a close.Police were forced to use OC foam (pepper spray) on a group of six people who were engaged in a brawl in Myer Street at about 10.30pm.The group, who comprised a mixture of locals and out-of-towners, were aged in their late teens and early...

A COVID-19 crisis has engulfed Lakes Entrance.The town’s busiest trade season has been thrown into more chaos 12 months on from last year’s bushfires after two COVID-positive people attended numerous venues and businesses over two days on December 29 and 30.The positive cases were travelling through to New South Wales, where they were tested and received their results. They are linked to an...