TWO Hamilton Dance Company students are heading to Melbourne after they were accepted into pre-professional dance programs.

ONE of Portland’s oldest and most historic properties could soon have much closer neighbours. An application has been made to Glenelg Shire Council to subdivide 3.37ha on Daniel St into six residential lots – the block in question is home to the Maretimo homestead. The heritage-listed 167-year-old homestead and associated buildings and gardens on about […]

THE State Government’s controversial pandemic bill passed the upper house on Thursday after a marathon debate which lasted over 21 hours from 3pm Tuesday until 12pm Wednesday.

A 26-year-old HAMILTON man has been arrested by police in Werribee on Friday morning in relation to an armed burglary committed at a stranger’s house on Tuesday afternoon.

COFFEE cups around the Glenelg Shire have turned orange for December, serving as an important symbol against domestic violence.

OKAY – so people are moving to Portland in droves. Now what do we do to keep them here? It might not have been a question on the minds of many given the coronavirus pandemic-fuelled boom in both people moving to the region to live, as well as to visit, but as the dust settles […]

THE Glenelg Shire Council has organised a local elf hunt for children and their parents to participate in as Christmas is nearing. The ‘Glenelf Hunt’ will run throughout three weeks, between November 29 to December 19, a fresh five riddles introduced every Monday on the Glenelg Council Facebook page, hinting locals towards the missing elves […]

WITH the Australian Red Cross needing more people rolling up their sleeves to give blood in 2022, a discouraging trend has emerged with appointments for donations being increasingly subject to ‘no-shows’.

A PROPOSED Private Member’s Bill that would amend the Road Safety Act 1984, introduced by Western Victorian MP, Stuart Grimley, would make it illegal for people to organise or attend a hoon event.

RESIDENTS to the south-west of Hamilton have been affected by an additional stench originating from the Hamilton Sewage Treatment Works block.