CASTERTON’S Biggest Morning Tea fundraiser has smashed another record this year after topping more than $2000 in the kitty for the first time in its 24-year history.

HAMILTON Rotary has once again launched their annual Rotary Bowelscan campaign, encouraging locals to pick up a Bowelscan kit from James Dean Pharmacy now until mid-June.

STUDENTS were provided with a glimpse into the past on Monday when The Greater Hamilton Library held interactive activities to celebrate Education Week and this year’s theme of ‘150 Years of Public Education’.

PROTESTORS who actively disrupt the efforts of timber industry workers by entering restricted zones or interfere with machinery face maximum fines of more than $21,000 or 12-months imprisonment.

LIBERAL Party incumbent Wannon MP, Dan Tehan said he was “cautiously optimistic of retaining the seat” yesterday morning while the vote count remained ongoing.

AUSTRALIA’S biggest workforce has no single job description and every day, it does everything from scrubbing toilets to leading choirs in song – without being paid a single cent. It is our volunteer community and its Casterton area members were recognised for their efforts during celebrations of National Volunteer Week.

MACARTHUR’S Suffoir Winery, Brewery, and Distillery has welcomed South African born artist, Juanita Pohl, as their first artist in residence.

THROUGHOUT the pandemic, we saw previously undervalued jobs take centre stage, as frontline workers kept the country running during COVID-19 lockdowns.

WE GET so busy with life sometimes that we don’t pause to ask what constitutes a good life - Surely gardening would have to be in there somewhere.

DESPITE costing almost $1 billion in taxpayers’ funds, professional career firefighters in Victoria have consistently failed to meet their response time targets according to the State Government’s independent Fire Services Implementation Monitor (FSIM), Niall Blair.