LAST Saturday the Hamilton Singers hosted a workshop of choirs and others interested in singing together where visitors came from as far as Warrnambool and Mount Gambier for the day.

GLENTHOMPSON-DUNKELD has let its finals opportunity slip away against Woorndoo-Mortlake through poor kicking for goal, as the Tigers advanced to the Mininera and District Football League preliminary final with a 9.15 (69) – 5.12 (42) victory.

SOUTHERN Grampians Shire Council (SGSC) has started planning additional road safety treatments on some sections of community connector roads across the shire, as well as roads across the shire that connect major transport routes.

HAMILTON Kangaroos bounced into the Hampden Football Netball League Open grade finals with a commanding 65-47 defeat of Terang-Mortlake at Terang Recreation Reserve on Saturday.

FAYE Gumley was recently presented with life membership of the Hamilton Area Rural Australians for Refugees (HARAR).

THE committee for Macarthur’s annual music event, ‘Music in the Vines’ hosted at the local vineyard, Suffoir Winery, Brewery, and Distillery, has called time after eight years and five festivals.

HAMILTON has a new national champion in its midst, with Emily Iredell grabbing a gold medal as part of the School Sports Victoria Under-12 basketball team at the national championships in Perth last week

A LACK of drivers along with the ripple effects of State Government requirements due to COVID-19 are just two factors that have conspired to reduce the level of taxi services available in Hamilton, compared with just a few years ago.

Grain farmers have been dealt a winter blow, with some unable to access the urea they need for both canola and cereal crops. This will have a huge impact on yield, in particular to canola crops.

THE native hardwood industry welcomed an announcement this week by Victorian agriculture minister, Gayle Tierney, to offer additional support for workers, contractors, communities and new regional businesses, but was disappointed the mill exit package ‘doubly punished’ those businesses that had acted in good faith.