PETER Gilding is the type of bloke you would want on your side in a crisis. A diamond in the rough, when he heard from his friend Jodie Clay that her friend Destiny was having a tough time, he snapped into action. Ms Clay’s friend Destiny Anderson-Harvey, a 45-year-old Portland hairdresser and single mum of […]

THE Portland Yacht Club hosted their annual Admella Cup on the weekend with plenty of local names featuring in the results.

AFTER being stuck at anchor in Portland Bay since September, the remaining 16 crew and the captain of the Yangtze Fortune are en route to their homes in the Philippines. As reported in The Observer on Tuesday, the ship has been sold for US$6m plus nearly half a million dollars (Australian) for supplies on board, […]

WHEN Portland District Health anaesthetist Peter Reid made a casual remark to colleague Jun Parker one day about how a change in his technique had led to patients sneezing before surgery, little did the pair imagine what that would lead to – what could be a world-first discovery. Pending further studies – for which the […]

IT’S nine championships under the belt for golfer Ellen Zeunert who claimed Portland Golf Club’s open women’s title on Sunday.

IN a bid to reconnect current and past members to Portland and Heywood Football Netball Clubs, former Lions coach Kevin Hughes is reviving the Portland Heywood Challenge Cup – on the golf course.

PORTLAND RSL Memorial Bowling Club has unveiled what it says is the first stage of an ambitious plan to transform its Must St site into an international-standard venue for the sport – and the community. The club has submitted a planning application with Glenelg Shire Council to build a shade structure over its main green, […]

SIX Portland Little Athletics Centre athletes contested 14 events at the Little Athletics Victoria State Track and Field Championships, held at Melbourne’s Lakeside Stadium over the weekend of March 11-12.

PORTLAND Colts’ dominance over the Portland and District Cricket Association B grade competition has lived on for yet another season, as they downed opponents South Portland in the grand final at Henty Park on Saturday by 38 runs.

AFTER a long hiatus, the Narrawong Store is well on its way to once again becoming a thriving community hub. Narrawong residents are eager to see it finished. The store has a long history of being a meeting place for locals and travellers alike. First opened in 1859 as the Farmer’s Inn Hotel, it later […]