THE Surry District Tennis Association will see some key changes ahead of its 2023-24 season start on October 21.

COMMUNITY radio station 3RPC has been serving Portland and district for more than 40 years – but warns it won’t be around for anywhere near that amount of time in future if it can’t find more volunteers.

FOUR of Portland’s youngest representative basketballers attended one of Basketball Victoria’s first talent pathways, competing in the under-12 Jamboree in Echuca last week.

PORTLAND Touch Football Association hosted the first of two come and try events on Thursday, with approximately 35-40 people coming down to try their hand at the sport ahead of the upcoming season.

RISING star in the basketball scene, Portland Coasters player Tyleah Barr continues to impress on the representative stage with selection to the Victorian team for the National Indigenous Basketball Tournament.

ANGRY customers who lost possessions through water damage at a Portland storage business are demanding answers after claiming they have been kept in the dark for months.

PORTLAND Basketball Association (PBA) and Portland Surf Life Saving Club have received an influx of cash via the Commonwealth Bank’s Community Donations program, receiving $500 and $250 respectively.

THE fisher at the centre of the Portland Bay gill netting storm says he and his workers and family have had to put up with death threats, intimidation and a “disgraceful” campaign to get rid of them – but he isn’t doing anything to harm the marine life of the area or the recreational fishing sector.

LOCAL boxers Mitch Riddell and Raymond Geyer both claimed trophies while representing Portland Boxing Club at the recent Furlan Club Cup in Melbourne, in what is a major step forward for both fighters along with the club itself.

THERE would be few for whom a flick through the Portland Observer would not turn up something of interest written by senior reporter Chalpat Sonti, who today finishes a run of more than 20 years in the newspaper business.