THE Southern Grampians Shire Council (SGSC) announced this week that with the one-month grace period coming to an end, paid-parking rules in the Hamilton CBD will be officially enforced as of yesterday, March 1, with fines up to $96.

FORMER The Hamilton and Alexandra College (THAAC) school teacher, Ann Scott recently had the opportunity to reconnect with her former student, Dr Bruce Webber, an esteemed ecologist with the CSIRO.

IT is an unofficial count, but apparently the new number of steps to the top of the Cape Nelson Lighthouse is 8,700.

LUCKILY a passerby spotted a grassfire in Bolwarra at 12.44am yesterday and reported it with a call to triple zero.

AN alarming number of western Victorians are missing important cancer screening tests according to a new report released on Monday.

THE Australian Red Cross Lifeblood is calling for donors to roll up their sleeves to help supply blood to Australians in need, with the blood donation mobile unit returning to Hamilton in less than two weeks.

THE Nationals Leader and Regional Development Shadow Minister, Peter Walsh, has criticised the State Government’s apparent stonewalling of questions on how many Regional Development Victoria staff will lose their jobs.

ELEVEN students from The Hamilton and Alexandra College (THAAC) will soon be embarking on the experience of a lifetime, travelling to Brussels, Belgium to participate in the 2024 Model United Nations Europe conference.

THE fourth Music in the Gardens session will be held this Sunday, March 3, between 2-4pm with local band, TRAX Big Band, gracing the stage at the Hamilton Botanic Gardens to entertain the community.

HAMILTON Lions Club is getting prepared for its annual fundraising efforts in the lead up to the Hamilton Victoria Royal Children’s Hospital (RCH) Good Friday Appeal on Friday, March 29.