THIS year’s Makers Market Hamilton Pop Up Shop has been cancelled over uncertainty surrounding COVID-19 and after organisers were unable to secure an appropriately sized location in the town’s centre.
AS part of the 2021-22 State Government’s “regional road maintenance blitz”, many roads across south-west Victoria will be rebuilt and upgraded, starting with a $1.8 million rebuild on the Hamilton Highway.
A FIRE engulfed a weatherboard cottage house in Ardonachie St, Macarthur on Thursday evening in circumstances that police have deemed as “suspicious”, with a man in custody in relation to the incident.
THE iconic Bunyip Hotel in Cavendish has had to close its doors until dining restrictions were eased due to a ruling that declared a covered deck at the rear of the building was an indoor space.
VICTORIA’S regional unemployment rate is the lowest on record and lowest among the states, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics data released recently.
“WHEN I was 20 I couldn’t have told you where I’d be at 30, but these days I’m as good as I’ve ever been. My message to the young ones is don’t give up.” So says Neil Polack and he should know. Full story in Friday's Observer.
THE local dairy industry is on a high at the moment, after two good years in a row, and milk prices are at an unprecedented level. Full story in Friday's Observer.
PORT Fairy residents and visitors will have to wait another month to find out whether the Moyne Shire will go ahead with plans to ban dogs and scooters from Port Fairy’s main streets during summer.
