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CALLING all environment lovers interested in helping to plant 2300 native trees.

THE light of early mornings and evenings, in particular, stirred Clarice Beckett’s soul. She captured that essence in luminous paintings of silver ocean at moonrise and pink whispers of sunsets and, just as evocatively, wet nights and grey days, soft green trees and brilliant blue or storm-tossed seas.

DISAFFECTED customers are united in frustration over a new self-serve fuel station in Tyers Street, Portland.

GLENELG Shire Council aims to be well prepared for anticipated boom times driven by renewable energy.

THE Dhauward-Wurrung Elderly and Community Health Service (DWECHS) has a Sea of Hands on its front lawn, put together by little hands for Sorry Day last Sunday.

RETIRED ship’s captain Mike Lockwood has sea water in his veins.

THERE is a considerably large pumpkin hanging around the GardenLife Nursery, and its name is Nefertiti.

IN high schools across the country, local Gunditjmara history and stories are studied through a scientific lens, in a series of textbooks set to be re-released soon.

HAVE you ever considered if or how environmental disasters impact women and men differently?

AS part of National Volunteers Week, Portland District Health (PDH) held a morning tea on Wednesday to recognise their many volunteers who keep the workplace turning.

JANE Schmidt never saw herself as a volunteer. Now she can’t imagine not being one.

THE Salvation Army Portland is urging the local community to get involved in this year’s Red Shield Appeal, which will raise vital funds to continue supporting the most vulnerable and disadvantaged in the region.