FINAL year secondary school students had their results released on Wednesday, nearly one month later than usual after COVID-19 caused major disruptions to the school year. Three young women were the top-scoring VCE students at their respective local schools, and all are hopeful the scores they achieved will allow them to enter their preferred university […]
NELSON Park played host to a special Little Athletics session on Saturday afternoon, with some of Portland’s current athletes welcoming the return of Matthew Cooter. Cooter was a member of Portland’s Little Athletics community from 1994 (under-9s) through 2001 (under-14s). In his time as a junior competitor, Cooter managed to set 10 Victorian athletics record, […]
LOCAL dairy farmers are celebrating a great start to the season, with a stable milk price – and the prospect of an increase – good weather and falling costs of production all going in their favour. “It’s been the best season ever,” said Tyrendarra dairy farmer and United Dairyfarmers of Victoria Wannon branch president Bruce […]
CHRISTMAS came early for Jon O’Connor and Emily Hinch at a race meeting in Horsham on December 23 with the pair of local horse trainers producing one winner apiece. Last Wednesday, Horsham hosted a meeting featuring 10 harness races. The third race of the day was a 2200 metre event featuring nine runners and when […]
THE traditional lifting of a ban on alcohol on Bentinck St will not go ahead on Thursday, another victim of the coronavirus pandemic restrictions – and police have warned they will be out in numbers to enforce it. With the fireworks display already cancelled, and local authorities not encouraged to do anything on New Year’s […]
AFTER a year like no other, Portland retailers are cashing in on plenty of Christmas cheer as locals decide to do their gift shopping close to home. And an influx of visitors has provided many retailers with a timely bonus, as they begin the recovery from the coronavirus pandemic restrictions. The timing couldn’t be better, […]
ONE of Australia’s best-known conservationists will be the headline guest at a special community forum to be held in Portland in February. Tim Flannery will be joined by Bureau of Meteorology senior climatologist Lynette Bettio to speak at the Local Action on Climate Change forum to be held at the Portland Arts Centre on February […]
THE Portland Gymnastics Club said farewell to 2020 across four days last week with the club’s End of Year Displays. Portland’s gymnasts took to the floor to showcase their hard work from across the year with a number of group performances beginning on Tuesday and concluding on Friday. Along with performances, the club also handed […]
THE Portland and District Cricket Association’s under-16 competition began round four on Tuesday and at Cavalier Park, the match between South Portland and Portland Tigers came to an early conclusion. Portland Tigers won the toss and decided to bat first, however the under-manned team would last just 19.4 overs before their innings came to an […]
RSPCA Victoria has lost the contract to run Glenelg Shire pound services, which will bring to an end more than 14 years of running the Portland animal shelter. Councillors voted unanimously on Tuesday night not to accept a tender from the RSPCA to operate the pound service from the RSPCA-owned Darts Rd shelter, one which […]