FOUR Portland BMX Club riders headed to Melbourne for Track Attack last week, with only two able to finish the six-round series.

AS the Portland and District Cricket Association reaches the business end of the 2022-23 season, there remain a couple of vital matchups on the horizon.

BRIDGEWATER locals and bird lovers generally were shocked to learn on Sunday morning that a hooded plover chick, just one week old and an endangered species, had been killed overnight on Cape Bridgewater beach.

AFTER 180 years in Heywood, the Presbyterian Church will hold its final service this Sunday, January 29, before closing the doors of its Hunter Street Church.

GLENELG Shire Mayor Scott Martin will be forced to apologise to fellow councillor Gilbert Wilson for saying the latter “has been rocking up to meetings in a bathrobe”. Cr Wilson lodged a complaint against Cr Martin, then Deputy Mayor, in September after a lengthy social media post by the latter in the weeks following the […]

THE Surry District Tennis Association returns for round 12 tomorrow with teams searching for some consistency heading into the last four rounds before finals.

COVERING the costs of student life should be a lot easier for three local young women set to start university soon, who have received the Portland Women’s Service Club (PWSC) tertiary education scholarships.

THEY didn’t do it as easily as they would have liked to, but nonetheless Portland Tigers managed to get a win over South Portland in the Portland and District Cricket Association on Saturday, getting home thanks to a huge eighth-wicket partnership.

THREE Portlanders took to the court in Warrnambool last week to compete in their Association Croquet Championships, with players finishing with some strong results.

THE Gunditjmara-led ceremony at the Convincing Ground massacre site on January 26 has grown year on year as a recognition of Indigenous suffering, and an alternative to Australia Day celebrations.