LAST Friday night it was house full at the Coleraine RSL as 60 people turned up to an event run by the Coleraine District Development Association for newcomers to ‘meet and greet’ townsfolk and learn from some community leaders what kind of services existed and what local activities were available to join in on.

ROTARY Hamilton welcomed South Launceston Rotary Club guests Phil and Joyce Ogden last week, who have been cycling from Adelaide to Sydney, connecting with Rotary clubs along the way to promote and raise money for the campaign ‘End Polio Now’.

BRENDAN Rasmussen is a Dunkeld local with an intriguing and broad range of professional roles in his background.

SALVATION Army Hamilton will continue to run the Soup Kitchen this Thursday from 11.30am-1.30pm, located on Kennedy St opposite the Container Deposit Scheme.

FOLLOWING a community rally the morning after the Southern Grampians Shire Council’s (SGSC) decision to close the Glenthompson War Memorial Swimming Pool, a further meeting was held in the Glenthompson CFA fire shed last Thursday night.

SOME retailers in Hamilton’s CBD have said that the recent activation of the new parking meters was contributing to a downturn in trade.

THE Hamilton RSL have been selling Anzac Day pins and pens and have been taking donations out the front of local supermarkets for members of the public to show their support.

BAYVIEW College is celebrating 140 years in the Portland this week by inviting the community along for a special service, afternoon tea and tour of the school building.

A LOCAL company has been refining an innovative process to recycle surgical sterilisation wrap, collaborating with Hamilton Hospital and Nigretta of Hamilton to potentially expand the technique across the country.

EARLIER this week the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) in a statement declared the El Niño has ended and the El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) has returned to neutral, with the expectation the indicator would remain stable until “at least July 2024”.