THE next time you take a stroll along the Grange Burn, be sure to keep an eye out for the new picnic table by the Portland Road carpark.

25 YEARS after the Bringing Them Home report detailed the lasting harm caused by the forcible removal of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children from their families, and 14 years after prime minister, Kevin Rudd’s national apology, a group gathered in Hamilton to mark National Sorry Day last Thursday.

MOYNE Shire Council will host a special event on Wednesday, June 1, aimed at empowering women to run for local government.

WITH his one-year-old Jack Russell dog, Lexi, big in the news for her ‘driving’ abilities, owner Cam Zschech has been swamped with emails and calls from a wide range of local and international sources.

THE national map depicting which states are red and blue symbolising those that have elected a Labor or Liberal government respectfully, is all but red except for the Liberal blue in New South Wales and Tasmania. Now with a new Labor government at the Federal level, what this means to the local agricultural industry is […]

THE region’s largest renewable energy project is still going to be pretty massive, but not quite as big as originally planned. Latest plans for the Kentbruck Green Energy Hub were on display in Portland, Mount Richmond and Heywood on Wednesday as Neoen Australia, the company behind the project, held a series of community information sessions. […]

ONE of Hamilton’s oldest family-run businesses has been sold.

AFTER several attempts to run a tribute concert for Jack Foran, who died almost exactly four years ago, it will finally go ahead this Sunday.

TWO gracefully ageing locals with colourful stories enjoyed special birthday celebrations last week at the Glenelg House Residential Aged Care home.

IT was a little different from usual but that didn’t deter the newest Australian citizens from enjoying confirmation of their new status in Portland on Monday. The Portland library was the venue for two citizenship ceremonies conducted by Glenelg Shire Council. But things were not quite the same for several reasons. Firstly the council reception […]