TRAVELLING over to a Pacific Island for most people is usually done for a much-needed holiday break, but for visiting urologist, Professor Richard Grills, and Western District Health Service (WDHS) nurse practitioner, Stuart Willder, the trip they recently returned from was part of specialist medical aid organised by the Royal College of Australian Surgeons, the latest being to Samoa.

TWO governance organisations have weighed in on the management of the Hamilton-Coleraine Rail Reserve, pointing to a commitment for the track to continue to be developed for its ultimate goal of a walking and cycling track, and calling for collaboration among the community.

A COUNTBACK to fill the Glenelg Shire councillor vacancy created by the resignation of Anita Rank will have to be held again, after the successful candidate declined the role. Robyn McDonald, the highest-polling unsuccessful candidate at the 2020 election, was elected to the council following a countback conducted by the Victorian Electoral Commission on Wednesday, […]

BELEAGUERED by ongoing delays, the Cox Street Redevelopment Project is continuing to cause local businesses and road users’ frustration, especially after the main contractor MACA Civil ceased work recently before completion.

AGRICULTURAL history and the future will be on show at Sheepvention, with two, almost century old tractors displayed in the Ram Shed along with the next generation of sheep genetics.

HAMILTON will be buzzing this weekend, as Sheepvention Rural Expo 2023 returns to its two-day format with updated trading times from 8am-5pm both Sunday and Monday.

MEMBERS of the Hamilton Base Hospital Auxiliary visited the Western District Health Service (WDHS) Cancer and Dialysis Centre recently to see their yearly donation in action.

MORE than 200 people attended a community information session in Portland on Wednesday evening on the proposed offshore wind farm zone, but what they came for and what they got appeared to be separate things to many of them.   The event at the Portland Golf Club was advertised as a drop-in session by the […]

BEING crowned the new ‘Wool and Rural Monarch’ for Sheepvention for the next two years was a great surprise for legendary local dog trainer, Ian O’Connell, who’s still coming to terms with even being considered for the title.

PORTLAND Bay Press has, like most community organisations, had its ups and downs but it has persevered and will this week hold an exhibition to celebrate its 20th birthday. The studio at Julia Street Creative Space was officially opened on July 19, 2003, after a battle to get there. Inaugural president and Portland Bay Press […]