PLANNING is well underway for the upcoming Hamilton and District Cricket Association (HDCA) season with the Annual General Meeting set to go ahead online on Wednesday night.

WITH lockdown lifted last night, community sport in regional Victoria can once again be played with the Hamilton Basketball Association (HBA) wasting no time getting games started.

REGIONAL Victoria will be released from hard lockdown from midnight tonight, but some rules remain.

THE streets of Tarrington will not be filled with people on the last Friday in November as per usual, with organisers announcing this week the annual Laternenfest carnival was cancelled.

SOUTH-WEST Victoria’s take up of COVID-19 vaccinations is among the best in the state, with 51.6 per cent of people aged above 15 having received their first dose already, according to data from the federal health department released this week.

WHILST lockdowns have disrupted schooling as well as caused levels of social disconnection, there is some evidence of a silver lining.

VICTORIA’S sixth lockdown has forced local hospitality venues to throw out all their fresh produce, meat, and food, causing a big dent in their bottom line.

BUSINESSES have had the rug pulled out from underneath them after the announcement of another seven-day lockdown, according to Hamilton Regional Business Association (HRBA) president, Darcy Walker.

PENSHURST coach, Jarryd Anton, has stepped down from the A grade coaching role.

THE $40,000 Moredun Hill Casterton Steeplechase heads a big day of jump’s racing at Casterton tomorrow.