WITH a new school year comes the first Monivae College Sports Academy sessions, with students getting their first taste of the program for 2023.

RACHEL McGrath has taken on many challenges in her farming life, but returning to study has inspired her to do even more.

BRANXHOLME-WALLACEDALE Football Netball Club is full steam ahead in a push to finals, announcing their full contingent of football and netball coaches for 2023.

THE Lifeblood mobile unit is set to come to Hamilton again from next week as the call goes out for new donors to consider rolling up their sleeves.

AFTER an absence of two years due to the pandemic, Melbourne Country Week is back in the calendar and the Hamilton and District Cricket Association (HDCA) will be sending the Hurricanes to participate in division two of the carnival.

THE Victorian Tertiary Admissions Centre (VTAC) released offers last month for courses at universities, TAFE institutes, and independent tertiary colleges commencing in 2023, with many local students getting accepted.

THE future look of the Hamilton Gallery, Digital Hub and new location for the library have been raised as a question to the Southern Grampians Shire Council after The Spectator was queried about a resolution in its December 2022 meeting.

AFTER a three-year hiatus due to COVID-19, hundreds of hikers will again trek 72 kilometres of pristine Grampians trails in the ‘Serra Terror’ endurance challenge on the long weekend in June.

THE Hamilton and District Legacy Fleece Show is finally going ahead this upcoming week at the Showgrounds with about 200 fleeces from the region on exhibition to raise money for the organisation.

A GoFundMe project was organised by Katharine Boyd to raise funds for a burial and memorial for Vera Risk in Macarthur, close to her beloved parents.