MEN’S mental health has come more into the spotlight in recent years, and for good reason, but a Portland woman hopes to be able to translate words into deeds in the near future. Nea Barclay is in the early stages of organising a fundraising ball – titled A Beautiful Mind – scheduled to take place […]
PARENTS were confronted at a public presentation in Portland last week, hearing concerning stories about local secondary school students, and the influences that are the likely root of the problem. On Wednesday night, presenters Melinda Tankard Reist and Daniel Principe from advocacy group Collective Shout spoke to around 70 community members, after an intensive three […]
NOT sure if that colourful flower is a wanted plant or a weed? Want to plant a lawn that doesn’t need as much watering or mowing? These and other environmental questions with a local flavour will now be easier to answer, thanks to a donation of books to the Portland library. Southwest Environment Alliance has […]
LOCATED in Heywood, on the Uniting Church premises, is a group of ladies with a good eye for quilting. The Fitzroy River Quilters are a group of 35 community members with an interest in sewing, crochet, and being entirely creative – coming together to provide some warmth to locals and even others around the world. […]
FOR many people who have had any more than casual contact with the Portland Observer over the past 60 years, the name Belden has been part of the furniture. First it was Brian Belden, the school teacher/bus driver/taxi driver who began in the 1960s and would write the football and cricket reports in his kitchen […]
