ACROSS Australia, as the number of COVID-19 cases continues to climb, some aged care facilities have been locked down again, however, Hamilton’s aged care facilities continue to soldier on with only some visitor restrictions in place.

HAMILTON Basketball Association will have four juniors in attendance at the Basketball Victoria Country Under-12 Jamboree at Echuca-Moama, joining other players from across Victoria in the coming September school holidays.

ACTING mayor of the Southern Grampians Shire Council (SGSC), Cr David Robertson, has written a letter asking the Federal Government to be responsible for 100 per cent of the cost in the event of an outbreak of foot and mouth disease (FMD).

ASPIRING firefighters have an opportunity tonight to find out if joining the CFA may be their thing.

HAMILTON Kangaroos was plagued with poor kicking for goal on Saturday, suffering a loss to Terang-Mortlake in Mortlake that snuffed out any chance of the Kangaroos playing Hampden Football Netball League finals.

A RALLY has been organised by Western District farmers to be held at 11.30am tomorrow at the Colac Memorial Square in protest to the inadequate response by both the Federal and State Government to the threat posed by the foot and mouth disease (FMD) outbreak in Indonesia.

THE dispute between various community groups and Moyne Shire over the use of a multipurpose room and other facilities at the Mortlake Community Centre appears to be over.

IT was a quiet week of mid-winter competition golf, whereas the team at Parklands Golf Club have been anything but quiet.

PREPARATIONS are gearing up at the Hadden Theatre for Hamilton’s Dramus Theatre end of year production, with member Caleb Fitzpatrick assigned as director.

THE biggest farming event on the south-west calendar is set to return this weekend in its usual format after the COVID-19 pandemic caused a two-year hiatus.