ON a perfect February day last Sunday, the local community celebrated the long-awaited new jetty opening accompanied with fishing competitions, picnics and free food.

THE BRIDGE Café in Cavendish is a business success story about a couple of locals, with no previous experience, who had a go.

THE Hamilton Basketball Association season continued this week with comfortable wins recorded in the Women’s Division 1-2 games, including a 37-point win for Tigers against Pure Envy Coasters on Tuesday night.

NATIONALS leader, Peter Walsh spoke in Victorian Parliament on Tuesday about farm trespass protections and introduced amendments to draft legislation which he claimed contains significant problems.

THE Hamilton Kangaroos are eyeing off a third female football team in 2022, with the club hoping to field an Under-14 girls team in the Western Victoria Female Football League (WVFFL).

HAMILTON Police are calling for information to help identify a vehicle involved in a hit and run in Penshurst last year.

LOCAL rowers converged on Lake Wendouree last weekend for the 2022 Wendouree Ballarat Regatta.

CHRISTMAS is meant to be a festive and uplifting time of year for families, but significant numbers of types of food commonly consumed during summer holidays can be potentially fatal for dogs, and vets have warned owners to take care with scraps and tidbits.

COLERAINE Community Bank has urged local students who are about to start their first year of tertiary education to apply for the Coleraine Community Bank Scholarship before applications close on February 21.

I think a bit of room to move is one of the most important aspects of the houses we live in.