| Today | Sunday | Monday | Tuesday |
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 Chance of Rain 14°C/4°C |  Scattered Clouds 15°C/9°C |  Partly Cloudy 15°C/5°C | Scattered Clouds 18°C/8°C |
| Today | Sunday | Monday | Tuesday |
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Chance of Rain 14°C/8°C | Scattered Clouds 15°C/10°C | Scattered Clouds 16°C/9°C | Scattered Clouds 16°C/12°C |
| Today | Sunday | Monday | Tuesday |
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Chance of Rain 16°C/6°C | Scattered Clouds 16°C/10°C | Chance of Rain 15°C/6°C | Scattered Clouds 16°C/9°C |
Steve Robertson | INVESTIGATORS probing the cause of Sunday morning’s devastating fire at Daly’s IGA supermarket in Portland are focusing in on a possible electrical fault in a large refrigerator as a likely starting point for the $4.5 million blaze. CCTV footage indicates the fire might have started in or near the fridge’s electrical system and worked its way quickly into the ceiling, from which it spread, destroying the front and middle of the store. Firefighters on Sunday morning had to use a … Continue reading 0 Comments
Huw Cushing | FIFTY cartons of cigarettes valued at roughly $5000 were stolen from the burnt-out IGA Monday night as staff and owners try to rebuild. Portland police Sergeant Ray Hastings said the thieves broke-in through a window sometime between Monday night and … Continue reading 0 Comments
Bill Meldrum | FREE range egg producer Kaz’s Googs is one business that will feel the impact of Sunday’s Daly’s IGA Supermarket fire in Portland. The Heywood-based egg producer supplies about 200 dozen eggs a week to the supermarket. Kaz’s Googs operator Fred … Continue reading 0 Comments
Bill Meldrum | AN attempt to reduce the rates burden on Glenelg Shire’s commercial and industrial sectors has failed. Cr Robert Halliday had moved a motion that the council seek public comment on a proposed rate strategy to reduce the rate in the … Continue reading 0 Comments
Huw Cushing | LESS Portland residents are relying on Centrelink payments for income than this time last year. According to the Department of Human Services, 293 unemployed people were using the local Centrelink branch in March 2012 for Newstart and Youth allowances, compared … Continue reading
Emma-Jayne Schenk | A HOME has been burned to the ground at Bulart. CFA crews were called to the incident at about 12.50pm today but were unable to save the house. Six fire units attended the scene. A resident said there was no … Continue reading
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