SOUTHERN Grampians Shire councillors have this week given their tick of approval to get started on redeveloping Melville Oval.

LOCAL police, SES and CFA members were among the first in the region to receive the AstraZeneca jab at the Hamilton Base Hospital this week.

SOUTHERN Stay Disability Services will expand its services with a new $1.5 million specialist accommodation facility in central Hamilton, providing housing to four local adults with disabilities.

THE Hamilton and Alexandra College’s (THAC) shooting team enjoyed a session at the Hamilton Clay Target Club, guided by Victorian Clay Target Association (VCTA) coaching coordinator, Gary Hayden.

TABLETOPS, jumps and berms will all be in sight when riders take to the Hamilton Motorcycle Club track for a come and try day on Sunday.

AFTER spending five years away from the game, Luke Evans has capped off his dramatic return to the Portland and District Cricket Association by winning the 2020-21 A Grade Cricketer of the Year Award. Evans was one of the PDCA’s more notable players in the late 2000s and early 2010s, playing a starring role with […]

HISTORY House has reopened following an extended COVID-19 lockdown, with the group’s new chief volunteers welcoming visitors and extra volunteers. The distinctive bluestone former town hall at 95 Cliff St – in the Memorial Triangle precinct next to Glenelg Shire Council’s office – is the home of the Portland Family History Group. It is also […]

PORTLAND’S Salvation Army is bracing for a challenging year after two protective measures against the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic are removed at the end of this month. The $150 a fortnight coronavirus supplement for people on income support payments such as JobSeeker, the Youth Allowance and Parenting Payment will end on March 31, and […]

TOURISM operators from around the region had their chance to share their thoughts on the sector’s future with the nation’s tourism minister, Dan Tehan, this week.

A MAGISTRATE and former Hamilton lawyer has accepted it was wrong to tell a court a victim of rape had suffered “buyer’s remorse”.