AFTER receiving complaints from the community about the unkept state of the Commonwealth Bank forecourt, the Southern Grampians Shire Council organised for the area to be pressure washed earlier this week.
OPPOSITION leader, Matthew Guy, chose the notoriously, potholed ridden and crumbling edged Woolsthorpe-Heywood Road to announce the biggest road funding package in the state’s history, of $10 billion every year for ten years.
THE Albion Hotel Motel turned German on Sunday afternoon, as the locals brought out their best lederhosen and enjoyed the festivities of the Oktoberfest celebration.
WHILE some may think they are just learning how to break boards, Portland’s Kyokushin Karate Club members spend plenty of time practicing generosity and giving back to the community, which they shared last week with four local causes.
ELIGIBLE Forest Fire Management Victoria (FFMVic) firefighters will now have access to a new presumptive rights scheme that makes it easier to access compensation for certain types of cancer.
OCTOBER is Buy Nothing New at Vinnies stores, and they have launched a challenge for their loyal supporters to consider what they purchase for home, the wardrobe and the biggest gift-buying season of the year – Christmas.
THE long-standing Casterton Old Scots Uniting Church is slowly crumbling and the effort to restore it to its full glory faces a significant uphill climb.
A THOROUGH review of almost two decades of truck accident data by National Transport Insurance (NTI) has revealed a vast improvement in the trucking industry’s safety performance.