GATHERED together are the staff of the Hamilton Spectator, outside the historic building in Gray St where the paper has been produced for 165 years. With a change of ownership, the masthead is taking a break and is planned to return as a weekly in 2025.

I’VE been very privileged to have a run as editor of this newspaper and to add to its 165-year history, albeit in just a small way; 12 months is hardly a drop in the bucket of the many decades of news reported at the Hamilton Spectator, but my name will be on that list all the same.

A look back at previous editions of the paper 50 and 25 years ago

THE Victorian Farmers Federation Making our Farms Safer Project (VFF MOFS) is aiming to tackle the scourge of mental health in rural communities by launching the new ‘Harvesting Change’ handbook for farmers.

VICTORIAN farmer sentiment edged down this quarter – the third consecutive reading in “negative territory”.

THE Orford Vintage Rally is on again on the weekend of January 18-19, 2025, at the little township of Orford.

FOLLOWING the success of the first ‘Music in the Gardens’ session with the Evergreens, entertainment in the Hamilton Botanic Gardens will be back on January 5, 2025, from 2-4pm.

IT’S officially the most wonderful time of the year and you only have to look around the streets of our merry shire to feel that festive lift.

THE Southern Grampians Shire Council (SGSC) Christmas Window Competition Judges Choice went to Brown Bird Haus, where owner, Deb Hintum said it has been an annual tradition of decorating the shop. “It’s lovely to be recognised – it’s been great to celebrate the festive season in Hamilton,” she said. Pictured with Ms Hintum is SGSC […]

WINDING up the year in Hamilton ahead of Christmas were Deputy Leader of The Nationals and Lowan MP Emma Kealy and her colleague, Leader of the Nationals and Shadow Minister for Roads and Road Safety, Danny O’Brien, on Tuesday.