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.

THE fate of the proposed Bunnings store in Portland is far from being decided.

PORTLAND’S women’s basketballers couldn’t have asked for a better lead in to their Country Basketball League finals campaign, after defeating one of the premiership favourites for the season in Mount Gambier on Sunday, 54-51.

THE four probus clubs of Portland are encouraging others to join one of them and see what they are all about.