AFTER 35 years working in education, Bolwarra Primary School principal Lee Gibbons is retiring. Mr Gibbons has been in principal and teaching roles for 35 years, including seven years at Portland Bay School, five years at Portland Primary School, and also Bolwarra Primary School for 17 years. Before launching into his teaching career, he studied […]

JUNIOR basketballer Maddi-Lyse Stone is continuing to build her basketball resume after attending Basketball Victoria’s Country Metro Challenge in Bendigo on Sunday and Monday.

THE Narrawong Mechanics Hall was alive with the local community, kids and adults of all ages enjoying a warm meal and some fine music on Saturday night, in a scene reminiscent of the glory days of country town halls. Central to the revival was Narrawong local Justin Carter, who organised the ‘Winter Gathering’ event with […]

WESTERNS Football Club received a boost to their senior team’s stocks over the past month, with Kingston Narborlhborlh and Luke Nagurrgurrba travelling from the Northern Territory to play in three games with the team.

COLERAINE took it to South West District Netball League ladder leaders Tyrendarra on Saturday despite going down by 10 goals in round 10 of the A grade competition.

ROUND 10 of the South West District Football League’s 2023 season was played on Saturday, with two top flight contenders taking the chance to stamp their authority on the season to this point.

THREE year 10 students from Bayview College spent their week at Keppel Prince Engineering, experiencing what it’s like to be in the workforce. The students, Nick Peters, Jake Morton and Emre Rulton, chose to complete their work experience at Keppel Prince Engineering, taking part in a variety of electrical jobs and activities surrounding the business, […]

THE likely outcome for someone having a stroke in the Portland area will soon improve dramatically, when a new fast response service will be introduced into the district. Currently when paramedics are called out to a suspected stroke, they typically bypass Portland District Health (PDH) entirely for either Warrnambool or Hamilton, which both have the […]

AGOSTINA Hawkins, Glenelg Shire Council’s collections manager, has a big job ahead of her. She and her team are around six months into the mammoth task of sorting through the entire 10,000 piece cultural collection at council – logging every item, describing it, and adding it to a new collection database system. Ms Hawkins is […]

PORTLAND had some moments of impressive court play during their Open Hampden Netball League clash against Koroit on Saturday, it was small stints of a drop in focus that led to their 58-29 loss.