FORMER Hamilton Kangaroos footballer, Jacob Hill, has made the move to Harrow-Balmoral, signing on for the upcoming 2022 season.

RACING Victoria Stewards have issued two charges against licensed Hamilton-based trainer, Trudy Cottier, following an investigation into circumstances surrounding the sending of a parcel containing medications.

LOCAL endurance athletes, Brendon Paterson and Jonathan Rentsch, will have to wait a bit longer to compete in the 2021 Melbourne Marathon after it was postponed, previously planned for October 10, it has now been pushed back to December 11-12.

DUE to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the call has been made to reschedule the Great Vic Bike Ride which was due to visit the region for next year.

A GROUP of residents fighting a wind farm development near Hawkesdale have vowed to fight a court decision in August that went against it.

PORT Fairy residents and visitors will have to wait another month to find out whether the Moyne Shire will go ahead with plans to ban dogs and scooters from Port Fairy’s main streets during summer.

CONCERNS have been raised about last week’s announcement by the premier, Daniel Andrews to expand mandatory COVID-19 vaccine requirements on October 15 to all people leaving home to work under the definition of “authorised workers”.

A MELBOURNE man has told the Spectator Group he believed the woman who tested positive for COVID-19 in Mount Gambier at the weekend, leading to the South Australian border bubble being cut, was at his Melbourne home when she became ill, despite claims she was in Casterton.

THE State Government’s Free TAFE initiative will grow to more than 60 courses in 2022 with seven new courses added, including three new courses on offer at Hamilton’s South West TAFE.

A BYADUK farmer in his nineties has walked away with three first prizes and one second prize in the fodder classes section of the 2021 Royal Adelaide Show.