THOSE wanting to take their furry best friends out and about in Port Fairy will need to be mindful of the dog restrictions in place across the town.

RATES in the Glenelg Shire will be permitted to increase as much as 3.5 per cent in the next financial year, after the State Government set its highest cap for rate rises since introducing the ‘Fair Go Rates’ system – but certainty is far from guaranteed following this year’s local stoush.

AFFORDABLE and accessible swimming lessons for local children are once again being held across the south-west as the VICSWIM program returns.

A NOTICE published in local media and a mailed letter have left some Coleraine-Casterton Medical service patients with more questions than answers.

RENOWNED local musician and film director Richard Frankland has been tipped for a resurgence in popularity, with a new album on the way and a performance booked for this year’s WOMAD festival.

THE 2022 Fight Parkinson’s Recognition Award recipients were announced recently with local Southern Grampians Parkinson’s Disease Peer Support Group chair, Dr David Rendell being recognised with a Certificate of Appreciation.

OVER 500 ‘hot rods’ are expected to rumble into town for the 40th annual Port Fairy Rod Run this weekend, the second biggest event of the year for Port Fairy, after the Folk Festival.

THE first summer of unrestricted travel since before the pandemic invites keen travellers to scratch the itch, but the CFA is warning not to be complacent and to pay attention to fire danger ratings while on the road.

BACK in November 2018 the Shire of Southern Grampians supported a request to recognise the contribution former prime minister Malcolm Fraser had made to Australia and our electorate of Wannon by erecting a life-size bust of him in the Hamilton Botanical Gardens.

EMERGENCY services, including Country Fire Authority (CFA) members from Hamilton, were called to the Grampians Peak Trail at Hollow Mountain on Tuesday to assist in the rescue of an injured climber.