THE Portland Basketball Association’s grand final day was a big day for the Farley family, with three generations taking part in Sunday’s action.

PORTLAND Memorial Bowling Club is planning for a big, bold future.

LOCAL junior basketballer Sienna Stone is taking a huge step in her representative journey after being selected for the School Sport Victoria under-16 side to attend the national championships in July.

CALLING all environment lovers interested in helping to plant 2300 native trees.

IF having one footballer in the family playing Hampden seniors is an achievement, then two before the age of 18 is a special feat indeed.

THE light of early mornings and evenings, in particular, stirred Clarice Beckett’s soul.
She captured that essence in luminous paintings of silver ocean at moonrise and pink whispers of sunsets and, just as evocatively, wet nights and grey days, soft green trees and brilliant blue or storm-tossed seas.

SHAWNEE secured a highly successful Portland Basketball Association campaign across both men’s and women’s division one competitions with grand final victories on Sunday.

DISAFFECTED customers are united in frustration over a new self-serve fuel station in Tyers Street, Portland.

IN what is shaping as an unpredictable South West District Football League finals line up, Cavendish was able to get its nose in front in the final quarter of its clash against Heywood with a 11.14 (80) to 9.4 (58) victory at Heywood Recreation Reserve.

PORTLAND’S under-15 girls’ footballers rolled on to another win on Friday evening, defeating Koroit in a dominant display in the Western Victoria Female Football League competition.