IT’S over the halfway mark for the annual six week Anglican Book Fair, with books ‘literally’ marching in and out the door in bundles.

A FLAME of up to 10 metres in height can presently be seen along the Henty Highway just south of Hamilton while routine maintenance of the pipeline that supplies gas to the township occurs over the next couple of weeks.
Energy company APA is responsible for the maintenance of the pipeline, a process called ‘pigging’ to ensure it is working efficiently and safely.

HAMILTON CFA Junior Running Team are keen to battle it out in the State Firefighter Championships in Mooroopna this weekend, which will include shooting targets and running with hoses.

THE official opening of the new rose garden next to the fountain is today at the Hamilton Botanic Gardens.

NOT even 40-degree weather could keep flower lovers away from last weekend’s 55th annual Portland Dahlia and Rose Show.

TO quell community rumours, Southern Grampians Shire Council (SGSC) has advised that MACA Civil confirmed that the fill used does not contain asbestos and the material used for the ‘foundation’ of the road was sourced from Rigby Quarry, Hamilton.

REMOVAL of the Evie Networks Electric Vehicle (EV) charging station from its present site was again on the agenda for the Southern Grampians Shire Council’s (SGSC) latest ordinary meeting at Coleraine on Wednesday night.

ELECTRIC bikes, penny-farthings, unicycles and just your average bikes will be seen gathered at Hanlon Park on Sunday morning for Rotary Club of Portland’s Beats Cycle for Hope.

JILL and Trevor Wilson have proved to locals that anyone is capable of growing their own produce from scratch in Hamilton, after starting their self-grown vegetable journey 10 years ago.

WANNON MP, Dan Tehan who is also the Shadow Immigration and Citizenship minister, has claimed the Australian Government’s rate of immigration at present is too high, and its policy is a “complete mess”.