A NEW plaque was unveiled at Brumley Park playground last Wednesday night by Rotary Hamilton and the Southern Grampians Shire Council.
The commemorative plaque and upgrades to the playground were completed as a centenary project to celebrate 100 years of Rotary in Australia.
Rotary club president, Brian Jenkins commenced the ceremony by thanking attendees for the official unveiling, including Rotary district governor, John Clue from Port Fairy, Les Brumley’s relatives.
FOLLOWING his own experience recovering from post-concussion syndrome, Robbie Frawley launched his own podcast, Stories of Recovery over the weekend.
Stories of Recovery was created to help other people with neurological conditions (concussion, stroke, TBI and chronic pain) in their recovery.
Growing up on a sheep and cattle farm just outside of Hamilton, Robbie, like many country kids, played a lot of contact sport.
A HAMILTON couple had reason to celebrate on the weekend after winning $831,613.44 on their Division 1 TattsLotto ticket.
Speaking with an official from The Lott on Monday, the husband said he hadn’t slept at all since receiving the good news.
“I’d been out with my wife, and we’d just gotten home when she decided to check our TattsLotto ticket,” he said.
LEADING Australian convenience retailer OTR has announced the opening of its brand-new store in Hamilton.
The OTR Hamilton store, located at 86-90 Coleraine Road, will open in early December and operate 24/7, 365 days a year.
OTR Hamilton will provide customers with ultimate convenience and offers freshly ground, barista-made C Coffee, HappyWash (Automatic touchless car wash), Moe’s Dog and Shake, EAT Bakery, OhJ and Hungry Jack’s.
A HAMILTON man who was charged with digitally raping a girl at a college party sleep over in October 2018 has been found not guilty.
Cameron Pepper, 26, was found not guilty on two rape charges and two attempted rape charges in the Warrnambool County Court on Tuesday, following a jury deliberation that lasted days and saw 11 of the 12 members side with him.
The trial began on November 1 and finally concluded after the court heard from numerous witnesses who were at the Stephen Street house on the night of October 26, 2018.
AS the Hamilton COVID outbreak continues to grow, Southern Grampians Shire made the decision that patrons over the age of 12 years and two months attending the Hamilton Indoor Leisure and Aquatic Centre (HILAC) for community sport will now be required to show proof of double vaccination upon entry – this came into effect yesterday.
THE total number of cases for the COVID-19 outbreak in Hamilton now stands at 26 following the announcement of eight new cases on Wednesday morning.
Over 1000 people have heeded the call to ‘get tested’, in response to a COVID-19 outbreak linked to a country music event at the Hamilton Golf Club on Sunday, November 14.
On Tuesday, the cluster had grown to 18, with 14 of those having attended the music event in person, three were household contacts and one was a workplace contact.
