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GLENELG Shire Council has appointed its new chief executive officer.

THE trail around Fawthrop Lagoon will be a river of neon on Saturday (May 18) when Portland Parkrun participants celebrate a special event.

PORTLAND’S property market has cooled from the red-hot run during the pandemic.

THE last time the Observer wrote about what’s happening on site at the partly renovated historic Narrawong Store was in October last year. Then, store owner Darren Hunter was confident the long-awaited renovations would be completed before Christmas.

THE night skies were ablaze on the weekend, luring countless locals out of heated homes to witness one of nature’s most spectacular phenomena – the aurora australis, or southern lights.

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.