FARMERS and others have stepped up their battle with Glenelg Shire Council, as the draft budget proposing substantial rates rises is less than one month from being approved. Tuesday night’s monthly council meeting saw things get heated as Lake Mundi farmer Kevin Stark and Cape Bridgewater resident Michael Byrne sought answers on the draft 2022-23 […]

THE Sesquicentenary celebrations continued at The Hamilton and Alexandra College last weekend with past and present students, staff, parents, and friends gathering to honour the College’s history and aspirational future.

A FORMER Hamilton student has spoken out about being sexually assaulted by a Kent Road Primary School teacher around 50 years ago and wants to encourage other victims to come forward.

STUDENTS at Casterton’s Sacred Heart Parish Primary School have launched this year’s Mini Vinnies winter appeal to support those in need of warmth in the coming winter.

NATIONAL Reconciliation Week begins Friday, running through to next Friday, and there are a handful of events planned for Glenelg Shire. One has already run, singer/songwriter Kutcha Edwards at the Portland Arts Centre last Saturday, but the week – which this year has the theme ‘Be Brave, Make Change’ – begins in earnest with two […]

IT’S probably fitting the two lead roles in the CEMA Theatre Group’s latest production have gone to Shae Spry and James Czencz. For Play On! is exactly what the pair are doing, returning to the stage for the first time since their secondary school days. Given the production itself is making a comeback of sorts […]

THE Southern Grampians Shire Council Digital Education and Innovation Hub (DigiHub) will return to town tomorrow to offer residents and visitors tech-based entertainment and innovation.

“MAGICAL” and “phenomenal” are just some of the accolades handed down by the Victorian Governor on her visit to the Glenelg Shire.

SINCE she was a young girl, Lynn Hosking-Moore has cared for animals of all shapes and sizes.

NOT for the first time our very own Spectator photographer, Tash Franko, has had her photographs splashed around the world.