STANDING Tall in Hamilton Inc. (STiH) is excited to announce a special community celebration event, and warmly invites the community to an evening of inspiration, connection, and vision.

SOUTHERN Grampians Shire Council (SGSC) has awarded a $452,020 contract for essential repairs to the Hamilton Olympic Swimming Pool.

HER Excellency, Governor of Victoria, professor Margaret Gardner AC paid a visit to the Harrow Bush Nursing Centre (HBNC) and the Harrow Discovery Centre (HDC) on Thursday afternoon along with her aide and entourage, as part of her tour of the West Wimmera Shire.

LAST Thursday around 85 people were treated to a delightful lunch followed by a viewing of the wonderful stained-glass windows in Hamilton’s Anglican Church and a display of magnificent, colourful quilts and embroidery produced by members of the church, the Hamilton Quilters and the Hamilton Embroiderers.

THE construction period of the new Portland Bunnings now has an approximate end date.

WE often hear of the challenges of guiding the next generation of younger community members, the challenges parents, schools, and communities face in guiding our young people through adolescence.

FARMERS in south-west Victoria may be considering cleaning out sediment from their dams after a dry autumn season.

DAFFODILS are out in bloom and the good women of the Portland chapter of the Cancer Council will this week be out and about selling them to raise funds to help fight cancer.

SOUTHERN Farming Systems will be holding free ‘Uncertain Times’ workshops at Harrow, Hamilton, Lake Bolac and Lismore, with sessions on August 27-30, and September 17-20, to help provide farmers with strategies to prepare for Spring.

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