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.

THE late Norman May was the doyen of sport commentators for many years on the ABC, and nobody will forget his call of “Gold. Gold. … Gold for Australia” for the 1980 Medley relay at the Moscow Olympic games.

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.

EIGHTEEN young farmers from south-west Victoria recently returned from a Study Tour to New Zealand. Their goal?

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”.

Tyrendarra has had another strong win in round two of the competition, defeating an improved Heywood side on Saturday night, 73-38.

LOWAN MP, Emma Kealy has taken off to Türkiye to honour soldiers from the local electorate who made the ultimate sacrifice for their country.

A look back at previous editions of the paper 50 and 25 years ago

REIGNITING the ANZAC Day spirit after four years will be the Penshurst community, who has invited all to come and their pay respects at the dawn service next Thursday, 6.00am (silent reflections from 5.45am) at the Penshurst Cenotaph.

IF you are stuck in the tractor or truck - do you listen to a podcast?