A NEW website to help families find the right childcare service for their kids sounds all well and good, if it weren’t for the long waiting lists at local childcare centres.

CAITLIN and Cathy Taber have been running Hamilton’s beloved bookstore, Bellcourt Books for a little over a year but COVID-19 restrictions have prevented the mother-daughter duo from hosting in-store events until now.

VOLUNTEERS are becoming harder and harder to come by for many local organisations, as seen in recent editions of the Observer, but for the Friends of the Great South West Walk getting and keeping them has been a huge part of its success story. And the Friends know how to honour those volunteers, doing so […]

ILLICIT drug use or possession will be decriminalised in Victoria if a Bill is successful when introduced by Reason Party leader, Fiona Patten to the Victorian Parliament next week.

A WOMAN was airlifted to The Royal Melbourne Hospital for treatment after a single car crash in Hawkesdale on Thursday morning.

IT’S the largest event to be held in Portland since, well, the last time it was held, and the foreshore certainly looks the place to be tomorrow. Classics by the Bay show ‘n’ shine  has navigated the coronavirus pandemic pretty much unscathed and will be back again possibly bigger and better than ever. It is […]

ALL elective surgery across public and private hospitals in Victoria will resume by the end of the month, as the impact of the Omicron wave continues to subside and stabilise. Victorian Health minister, Martin Foley has signed off on a plan that balances the health system response and workforce pressures with ensuring Victorians can access […]

LOCAL hospitality venues no longer need to worry about the one person per two square meters density limit imposed on January 6, as COVID-19 restrictions continue to ease across the state.

WE HAVE said many times that gardening serves so many purposes.
It means a great many things to so many people.
While by now you should be enjoying the fruits and vegetables of your labour - and love – spare a thought for the humour of gardening.

News from the Casterton Primary, Merino Primary and Sacred Heart School.