Rate rise drafted
MOST Glenelg Shire ratepayers are set for a larger rate increase than normal in the new financial year, due to a major change in the way rates are calculated.
Big milestone for op shop
PORTLAND and district groups have 100,000 reasons to be grateful for the Uniting Church op shop.
Since beginning operation in October 2020, the op shop...
Heywood meets Collingwood for program launch
IT’S not often the head of one of the nation’s largest sporting clubs drops by Heywood for an afternoon’s footy, but Collingwood Football Club...
Great South West sustainable communities fund
RENEWABLE energy company Pacific Hydro has announced the 2022 Great South West Sustainable Communities Fund ware open as of Sunday.
The fund gives local community...
No overnight doctor in urgent care
ANOTHER part of Portland hospital has fallen victim to a staffing shortage, with no doctor overnight in the Urgent Care Centre until at least...
The tractor trek is back
IT might be autumn instead of spring, but a popular Heywood event is back on this weekend.
The Heywood Tractor Trek takes place Saturday and...
Wannon Candidates face off in Ararat
MEMBER for Wannon Dan Tehan faced his challengers in next month’s election for the first time on Tuesday night, in a candidate forum in...
Patient: ‘It’s just very frustrating’
“I REALLY need somewhere I can get my eyes fixed.”
Those words from Steve Cooper reflect what has happened to ophthalmology in Portland.
The service has...
Denis Rose recognised for four decades of Indigenous land management
Local Gunditjmara Elder Denis Rose has been awarded an honorary doctorate from Monash University, for empowering Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities in caring...
New timber products to shore up local industry
CHIPPED timber exports from the region could decrease, with the Federal Government announcing a $1.3m grant to research local production of construction materials from...
ANZAC Day wreath-makers needed
MANY people in Portland have missed being able to properly pay their respects to our fallen soldiers over the past two years, with Anzac...
Finalists announced for business awards
THE finalists for the 2022 Glenelg Shire Business and Tourism Awards have officially been announced, with two nominees vying for an award in each...
Heywood Golf Club – Results
THE Heywood Golf Club held men’s and women’s stroke events last Saturday and the men’s winner and November monthly medal winner was Peter Keiler...
