HEYWOOD Football Netball Club’s Natasha Moore has made plenty of significant contributions to the club over the past few years, with those contributions receiving recognition from as high up as AFL Victoria, with the state’s governing body featuring her in their Local Legends series last week.

GLENELG Shire Council has appointed its new chief executive officer.

THE trail around Fawthrop Lagoon will be a river of neon on Saturday (May 18) when Portland Parkrun participants celebrate a special event.

PORTLAND’S property market has cooled from the red-hot run during the pandemic.

THE South West District Netball League had some enthralling match ups on the weekend with the clash between last year’s grand finalists resulting in a closely fought hit out, with Tyrendarra claiming the win 57-48 against Dartmoor. Across the weekend all games were decided by 10 goals or less with the competition proving to be […]

THE last time the Observer wrote about what’s happening on site at the partly renovated historic Narrawong Store was in October last year.
Then, store owner Darren Hunter was confident the long-awaited renovations would be completed before Christmas.

WHAT started as an arm wrestle finished with a decisive victory in the top of the table clash between the two undefeated teams in the South West District Football League’s round five encounter between Dartmoor and Tyrendarra, with the scoreline reading an 11.15 (81) to 6.5 (41) victory to the Giants.

THE night skies were ablaze on the weekend, luring countless locals out of heated homes to witness one of nature’s most spectacular phenomena – the aurora australis, or southern lights.

SHE’S done it again. Since the Observer first published, on January 9, news of vintage car tragic Monique O’Garr’s unveiling of her beloved rebuilt EH Holden at the 2024 Canberra’s Summernats exhibition, she’s taken out another award.

SOUTH West District FNL football umpire Alan Heaver is one of the most senior and well-respected umpires going around in the league, and the time has come for a family member to step up and join him.