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SHE’S done it again. Since the Observer first published, on January 9, news of vintage car tragic Monique O’Garr’s unveiling of her beloved rebuilt EH Holden at the 2024 Canberra’s Summernats exhibition, she’s taken out another award.

THE southern bluefin tuna season is shaping up to be the best in a decade.

THE ANZ Bank announced this week that it is closing its Portland branch permanently.

LOCALS will remember how the COVID-19 lockdown played with our mental health. To help boost everyone’s mood, local resident Rosie Collins created a Facebook page called Glenelg Shire Musical Mates, encouraging community members to post videos of themselves singing or playing instruments to help keep people entertained while stuck at home.

PORTLAND Bay School has received $1,136,196 from the Government’s Schools Upgrade Fund to convert the shed into an area for working manual activities and art classes.

JULIA Street needs more ramps for the elderly and people with disabilities, a concerned local says.

RARELY seen ‘courtship’ behaviour of three pygmy blue whales has been spotted in Discovery Bay.

AN unusual amnesty is being offered in Portland this month.

MANY former students, teachers and even principals attended Bayview College’s 140th celebration last Friday.

THE Future Leaders program for 2024 officially launched on Tuesday with 12 participants from four schools in the region.

A MEMORANDUM of Understanding (MOU) has been signed that formalises the important collaboration that has been occurring over recent years between Heywood Rural Health and Winda-Mara Aboriginal Corporation.

PORTLAND was the epicentre of Operation Barrel over the unofficial Anzac Day long weekend as hundreds of boaters and fishers poured into the region.