No booze on foreshore. Another New Year’s Eve tradition gone this year
THE traditional lifting of a ban on alcohol on Bentinck St will not go ahead on Thursday, another victim of the coronavirus pandemic restrictions...
Shopping bonanza
AFTER a year like no other, Portland retailers are cashing in on plenty of Christmas cheer as locals decide to do their gift shopping...
Tim Flannery to headline Portland event
ONE of Australia’s best-known conservationists will be the headline guest at a special community forum to be held in Portland in February.
Tim Flannery will...
Shelter to shut! Council axes RSPCA as pound provider
RSPCA Victoria has lost the contract to run Glenelg Shire pound services, which will bring to an end more than 14 years of running...
Play brightened with beach library
THERE’S a bright new feature at Nuns’ beach, and it’s also hoped it will brighten the days of some visitors to the area.
The Portland...
Narrawong roads not paved with gold…
NARRAWONG is one of the fastest-growing parts of Glenelg Shire, and while it is proving a popular destination, it is not without growing pains.
And...
Smelter moves towards more certain future
PORTLAND Aluminium is a step closer to survival after the federal government announced it would underwrite the money the smelter loses over the next...
New mental health building officially opened
MENTAL health has received a boost locally with the official opening of the new Portland Mental Health Services building.
The architecturally-designed $1.94 million 152 Percy...
Revving up for Christmas
ONE hundred motorbikes rumbled from Heywood to Portland on Saturday for the annual toy run, with many people pillioning to bring the estimated number...
School maintenance blitz
FOUR Portland-region schools will receive $670,000 to complete maintenance and outdoor improvement works following an announcement from the state government.
Portland South Primary School is...
Rays of hope! As China trade standoff continues, locals seek other markets
PORTLAND exporters faced with the loss of Chinese markets are starting to find other markets to take up the slack.
While the China-Australia trade standoff...
Ring-a-ding-ding, the trams do sing
IT’S almost the sound of Portland coming out of the coronavirus restrictions, and it’s back.
The reassuring and familiar ‘ding’ of the Portland Cable Trams...
Lawn Red topple perennial finalists
THE Surry District Tennis Association played out its semi-finals on Saturday March 1 with the first set of teams locked into grand final positions.
In...
