TICKETS are now available for the highly anticipated 2022 Southern Grampians Shire Council Business Awards ceremony and dinner which will be held on Friday, September 9.

STUDENTS at Tarrington Lutheran School got an exciting visit recently when members from Ambulance Victoria attended to give talks to all year levels.

CASTERTON is lucky to retain its little town band as many other places lose theirs to the pressures of modern life.

STUDENTS at Tarrington Lutheran School are doing their part to help raise funds for heart disease research through lacing up their sneakers and skipping for Jump Rope for Heart.

HAMILTON is set to get three new paramedics later this year to help ease pressure on local ambulance services, which saw a higher number of Code 1 cases, according to the Ambulance Victoria (AV) quarterly report.

CASTERTON’S Community Garden continues to grow – both figuratively and metaphorically – with a new band of helpers preparing to install a commemorative arbour at the Murray Street site.

ON Thursday night this week, students from The Hamilton and Alexandra College (THAAC) hit the Simons Auditorium stage in the Kantor Family Music and Performing Arts Centre with their production of Matilda The Musical - an adaptation of Roald Dahl’s famous 1988 children’s novel, Matilda.

WITH this being Homelessness Week, Hamilton Salvation Army community development worker, Mark Thomas, was in his element on Wednesday, helping to host an upscaled version of their normal weekly community lunch.

THE Country Fire Authority (CFA) District 5 and District 6 Community Education Team, consisting of members from the Hamilton and Colac regions, were rewarded for their dedication to protecting their local community at this year’s Spirit of CFA Awards held in Ballarat last month.

HUNDREDS of people turned out for Billy Picken’s funeral on Thursday afternoon, after he sadly passed away on Saturday, July 23.