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 […]

PORTLAND’S senior footballers had victory in the palm of their hand on Saturday but were ultimately left shattered as they went down to a Cobden goal in the final seconds of their Hampden Football League clash, with the final score 15.10 (100) to 14.13 (97).

A GROUP of local darts players have demonstrated their strength in the region after their team, Bushrangers, claimed the Hamilton and District Darts Association championship.

DARTMOOR Community came together July 25 for a three-course-meal put together Dartmoor Primary School students. To raise funds for their playground, the school’s 12 students plus their teachers held a meal fundraiser at the school for local community members to join. Funding for a new playground had been an ongoing project for two years and […]

PORTLAND’S Gwen Smith has just turned 90-years-old and is busy most days knitting squares to keep her hands occupied. Mrs Smith enjoys knitting when she watches sport on the television or if she has free time. “I don’t have to do it, I just do it,” she said. “I’m not a reader, and I can’t […]

THE Hockey South West season paused on Saturday to give players an opportunity to compete in an 11-a-side game, compared to the usual format of five-a-side.

A COUNTBACK to fill the Glenelg Shire councillor vacancy created by the resignation of Anita Rank will have to be held again, after the successful candidate declined the role. Robyn McDonald, the highest-polling unsuccessful candidate at the 2020 election, was elected to the council following a countback conducted by the Victorian Electoral Commission on Wednesday, […]