IT was a good turnout at the Hamilton Golf Club on Wednesday.

THE Cox Street Redevelopment Project works will continue on January 8, requiring Cox Street to be closed from French Street to Gray Street for eight weeks.

THERE was no slow up at the bowling green, as Christmas disappears and the new year is in full swing.

AS mentioned in an article in The Spectator in December, St Mary’s Primary School impressed at last month’s Hooptime outing in Dandenong.

FOLLOWING the direction by the Victorian Government to cap the average rate rise in respect of the 2024–25 financial year at 2.75 per cent, several local governments have spoken out about the fiscal difficulties this will pose.

THE Southern 500 Speedway closed out 2023 in style on Saturday, with their final night of competition headlined by the Modlite Victorian Titles and Portland’s leg of the F500 speedweek.

SEVENTEEN-year-old Charley Thorp is just weeks away from leaving for France, her new home until January 2025.

TIMBER Towns Victoria (TTV) on Monday released a statement acknowledging “a deep sadness and regret for the native timber harvesting communities and their families for the loss of regenerative native mixed species forest harvesting from actively managed forests in Victoria”.

THE recent budget update gave Victorians a disturbing insight into how much our finances have deteriorated under Jacinta Allan and Labor.

A RAFT of new taxes, increased fees and charges have come into effect as of January 1, 2024, under the State Government.