A NEW plan is emerging for a home league for Casterton Sandford Football Netball Club in 2024.

BAYVIEW College students were treated to an immersive experience with a visit from the Bell Shakespeare Players.  The Players performed Macbeth The Rehearsal and Such Sweet Sorrow for students in years 7 - 10. The visit was timely for year 10 students enriching their understanding of their current study of William Shakespeare’s iconic tragedy Macbeth. […]

PORTLAND North Primary School are calling all past students to join them in celebrating the school’s 150th birthday. It will be a two-day celebration on October 20 and 21 including an open day, a ceremony, fete, musical concert, activities, a student art exhibition, and historical photos to view. In the lead-up to the celebration the […]

THE Portland Table Tennis Association has seen a surge in membership over the past few months, with two inclusions into their ranks being brothers Bryce and Devin Koenig.

WHEN Nea Barclay decided to organise a fundraising ball for men’s mental health a couple of months ago, she was hoping that there would be some interest – but how much there has been has staggered her. So much so that when the initial 130 seats for the event at the Portland Golf Club on […]

A SIGNED coaster at the Gordon Hotel back in the late 90s has led to a two-and-a-half-decade commitment to the Westerns Football Netball Club, with Tammy Jones celebrating her 300th game milestone on the netball courts on Saturday.

PORTLAND District Karting Club member Beau Chambers’ age may still be in the single digits, but what certainly isn’t is the speeds he’s hitting on his way around the go-kart track.

BRINGING along a reusable cup for a takeaway coffee is a habit that has been largely lost by the public in recent years, according to a Portland baker trying to reignite it. Before the pandemic brought legal restrictions and heightened caution about the spread of germs, Percy Street sourdough bakery The Bakehouse owner Kim Hol […]

ASK Luke Filipovic what makes his employee Jayme Cannon so special as a carpenter, and the answer comes back quickly and simply. “Jayme’s very keen,” the head of Felk Building Group said. “He takes it on as a lifestyle, not a job. “He lives and breathes it, that’s why he’s so good at it. “It’s […]

A NEW batch of students are putting their hands in the dirt at Bundarra Primary School under the popular Hands on Learning. Ten grade five and six students are starting Hands on Learning this semester with gardening in the school yard and learning how to plant vegetables and herbs for future cooking activities. Under the […]