THERE are nine days left until The Salvation Army’s Red Shield Appeal ends, however Portland Salvo’s are far from their fundraising target and need the community’s help.
MEMBERS and friends of the Peter Francis Points Arboretum joined with the Coleraine and District Development Association last month for a working bee at ‘The Points’.
LAST week, the Hamilton and District Legacy (HDL) club ran a junior public speaking competition that was open to surrounding secondary schools in the district.
A RECREATION precinct in Macarthur, which was redeveloped with extensive community consultation, was now complete thanks to the investment from the Macarthur community and all levels of government.
AVIAN influenza virus has been confirmed at a seventh Victorian farm, a commercial egg farm that was already in quarantine within the current Restricted Area in the Golden Plains Shire, where movement restrictions are already in place.
AFTER scooping the pool in several events at the Hamilton Eisteddfod this week, Hamilton dancer, 15-year-old, Mia Spong, has landed a scholarship with a place in the 2025 Australian Ballet Summer School in Melbourne.
ANNOUNCED early on Tuesday afternoon, the organising committee of Sheepvention Rural Expo has made a strategic decision to cancel this year's Ram Sale.
A WORRYING trend of increasing under-insurance of farm buildings and infrastructure has come to light following several years of building cost inflation at rates well above the Consumer Price Index (CPI).