AS we leave the winter months behind and look forward to warmer days ahead, Ambulance Victoria (AV) paramedics are urging Victorians to update their asthma plans to stay safe this spring.

THE Southern Grampians Shire Council (SGSC) Food Organics and Garden Organics (FOGO) kerbside service will move to a weekly collection for residents this spring.

ON Monday, the Dunkeld Information Centre commemorated its 30th anniversary, and thanked all of the volunteers who have primarily contributed and ran the centre since its opening in 1994.

JESS Hayes ran a remarkable 24 laps of Lake Hamilton in 24 hours last weekend to raise money for the National Breast Cancer Foundation.

SEVERE winds kept Hamilton SES crews busy on Sunday evening when the first of several calls for assistance came in just after midnight.

POINTS of Order were hotly contested at Monday night’s unscheduled Southern Grampians Shire Council meeting, with Cr Bruach Colliton saying he felt like he was in an episode of ABC-TV’s ‘Utopia’ at one point.

PARAMEDICS are asking Victorians to make sure their property numbers are visible from the street to help crews find their property quickly in an emergency.

SUNDAY night and Monday morning saw Portland battered by strong winds which brought down trees and tore roofs from homes.

WITH the advent of spring, everyone’s eyes are on the rain gauge and soil moisture levels.

A look back at previous editions of the paper 50 and 25 years ago