SOME locals may remember Geraldine Ryan (née O’Shea) OAM, the indefatigable Irish dance teacher who used to run regular weekly classes at St Mary’s Hall - she passed away last Saturday, November 25, aged 93.

AFTER plenty of thought, time, and effort into each individual design, the winners of six different categories in the Tarrington Hay Bale Art Competition have been announced after judging commenced on Tuesday.

NARRAWONG District Association has secured more than $10,000 worth of grants for their upcoming 2024 Bush Nippers program, with two different organisations stepping forward to assist with funding the event.

A 23-YEAR-OLD shearer had a big day at the ‘office’ last weekend, shearing 830 lambs in a marathon effort for ‘Movember’ to raise funds and awareness of men’s health issues, such as prostate cancer, testicular cancer, and men’s suicide.

HAWKESDALE P12 College Year 11 and 12 VCAL students have been working in partnership with Moyne Shire Council’s Waste and Environment Team on a project named Hawkesdale P12 Bin Chickens, which involved a whole school recycling survey and an audit of the school’s waste management costs and practices.

CHRISTMAS wouldn’t be the same without carols.

ONCE a month, the Portland Soccer Club rooms turn into a sandwich making factory, producing hundreds of lunches to be distributed among the district’s schools for students who go without.

IT’S that time of year again with the return of the pleasant musical Sunday afternoons - ‘Music in the Gardens’.

SOUTHERN Grampians Shire Council has recently carried out almost $40,000 worth of improvements to the Hamilton Regional Livestock Exchange (HRLX) to further develop Western Victoria’s premier sheep market sales facility.

FURTHER disruption to traffic at Cox Street will continue with the announcement of the Lonsdale St roundabout being closed while the works continue.