Riders hit the road for Destiny
IN the middle of her treatment for aggressive stage three cancer, Portland woman Destiny Anderson-Harvey has felt the community get behind her fight.
On Saturday,...
A home for the rangers
THE number of Indigenous owned assets and commercial enterprises in Gunditjmara Country continues to grow, with the community last week celebrating a permanent home...
A catch to remember
YOUNG Portland fisherman Lewis Hameka this week received a special (and to some unnerving) memento of his first mako shark – its jaw, complete...
Locally designed software to make NDIS easier
A PORTLAND woman is working to make the NDIS easier to navigate, after years of drowning in paperwork, and having to explain her own...
Cheap transport fares a winner
RECENTLY elected Victorian upper house member Jacinta Ermacora visited Portland on Monday, to celebrate the significant cut in fares with local bus users.
Since the...
Big bill for Portland Aluminium smelter as production issues addressed
ALCOA says that it has restored the stability of the production process at the Portland Aluminium smelter – and for the first time has...
‘It’s a great thing’
THERE are friendships, there are lifelong friendships, then there’s the story of Warwick McEachern and Jack Kerr.
From the Great Depression through a world war,...
Student exchange program returns
THE Rotary Club of Portland is getting its youth exchange program back up and running, and is looking for young locals who are interested...
Deadline approaches
JULY 1 is D-Day for council-run community aged care support services in Glenelg Shire and while no provider has yet been found, the federal...
HRH welcomes a new face
HEYWOOD Rural Health (HRH) has welcomed a new member to their team as director of clinical services.
Following the retirement of Port Fairy resident and...
Easter bonanza
THE tourists are well and truly back – and spending – if the past week around Portland is anything to go by.
Retailers, tourism operators...
Letting their music do the talking
WHEN you’ve played in the backing band for Frank Sinatra or forged a career as one of Australia’s premier jazz singers, it’s hard to...
High scoring in hockey fives
PORTLAND has finished the Hockey South West under 12 term two season in third position after recording a convincing win over Panthers in Warrnambool...
