MANY Hamilton residents were left without water on Saturday afternoon, after a water main on Ballarat Road burst.

INCOMPLETE roadworks left the Glenthompson-Caramut Road unsealed and dangerous on Wednesday evening, covering several cars with layers of wet bitumen.

ELEVEN-YEAR-OLD Hamilton boy, Darcy Hetherton, has been commended and recognised by Australian prime minister, Scott Morrison, for his generous donations towards Western District Health Service (WDHS) throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.

HAMMO the gorilla appeared when Hamilton needed him most.

RSPCA Victoria has lost the contract to run Glenelg Shire pound services, which will bring to an end more than 14 years of running the Portland animal shelter. Councillors voted unanimously on Tuesday night not to accept a tender from the RSPCA to operate the pound service from the RSPCA-owned Darts Rd shelter, one which […]

THERE’S a bright new feature at Nuns’ beach, and it’s also hoped it will brighten the days of some visitors to the area. The Portland beach “library” contains sand-play toys rather than the traditional books, and is the brainchild of Portland North Primary School students – with the assistance of an internet search – student […]

THE Hamilton Kangaroos have continued their impressive recruiting period, gaining the services of Cameron Pither and Tom Scott for the 2021 Hampden Football Netball League (HFNL) season. Pither is returning from an ACL injury from his time at Monash Blues in the Victorian Amateur Football Association. Subscribe to read full story.

PENSHURST Cup tickets are officially on sale, but some devices cannot access the Country Racing Victoria site.

WHILE most Australians stay locked inside the country’s borders, one Hamilton local has crossed the Pacific to the United States, pursuing a career on healthcare’s frontlines. Although busy working as a paramedic, Nick Bensch caught up with The Spectator this week to explain how and why he went from Australia to New Orleans, Louisiana, this […]

THE Moyne Shire will undertake its own background noise monitoring around Hawkesdale, after community members raised concerns about the independence of the monitoring done by the Hawkesdale Wind Farm proponent.