THE Makers’ Market in Hamilton draws a crowd from across the region – and beyond - every Christmas season.

FOR 41 years the family summer carnival has been coming to Portland, giving locals and visitors a fun way to kick off the end of year and start the new year.

PENSHURST businessowners are here to capitalise on a growing tourist economy.

A HAMILTON district truck driver and a child passenger had a lucky escape when the truck carrying haybales they were travelling in rolled on the Warrnambool-Penshurst Road on December 30.

DISAPPOINTMENT ensued following the shock last minute cancellation of Hamilton Rotary’s free New Year’s Eve Family Party that was to be held at the Hamilton Showgrounds on Sunday night.

IT is officially 2024, and as tradition, Portland celebrated New Year’s Eve in spectacular style.

PARAMEDICS were seen attending to staff outside the Hamilton OTR after another carbon monoxide alert last week, where an apparent lack of effective ventilation in the drive-thru led to an unsafe level of the dangerous gas.

AMBULANCE Victoria is urging the community to never leave kids or elderly people in cars and take simple, preventative steps to beat the heat this summer.

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

THE Mobile Blood Donor Centre was back in Hamilton recently for two weeks at its usual spot at Melville Oval and was fully booked with people wanting to give back to the community by donating their blood.