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Bill Meldrum | THE Heywood community turned up in numbers on Friday evening to enjoy Christmas celebrations at the town green. A jumping castle, Zorb balls, face painting, Christmas songs by the Heywood Consolidated School choir, and performances by the Winda-Mara dancers early in the evening kept people entertained. However, it was the appearance of Santa just after 6pm that drew a long line of children and their parents keen to gain an audience with the jolly old man with white beard and … Continue reading 0 Comments
James Bourke | THE Budj Bim National Heritage Landscape, which includes Lake Condah, Mt Eccles and Tyrendarra, has taken an important and positive step forward in its development to becoming a significant tourism destination. On Friday, it was announced that $130,000 of funding … Continue reading 0 Comments
Spectator-Observer Partnership | WARMING up the fire truck for Santa this week and looking quite the part was local CFA member Ian Hamley. During the next few days, with the help of Portland’s CFA, Santa will be making a few special appearances around … Continue reading 0 Comments
Huw Cushing | CREDITORS have agreed to the $2.5 million sale of Whitpark, a division of Noske Group, back to executive director Tony Noske but three employees won’t be retained and the rest will lose some entitlements. The sale was agreed to Monday and … Continue reading 0 Comments
Huw Cushing | MORE than 1800 Portland landlines were unable to receive calls Tuesday night as Telstra continues to struggle with the fallout of last month’s exchange fire. The 1837 lines were down between 9.30 and 11.30pm due to re-parenting of lines from … Continue reading
Ross Moir | TEN former Portland North Primary pupils returned to school on Wednesday, although with most now in their 80s there wasn’t much for them to learn. The informal reunion was to help promote the school’s upcoming 140th anniversary, which will be … Continue reading
Huw Cushing | VOLUNTEERS for this year’s Christmas Eve celebrations will be multiplying the festive cheer with more Santa’s than you can shake a stick at. The free event organised by thePortland Young Professionals Network and partners will run from 6-8pm on the … Continue reading
Spectator-Observer Partnership | DEMONSTRATING outstanding ability and dedication to their work has gained 15 Portland apprentices awards at the 2012 Trades & Technology Skills Awards Night recently. The South West Institute of TAFE students were honoured in a variety of fields including electrotechnology, … Continue reading
Ross Moir | FOR at least five young Portland and Heywood residents, Monday morning brought a pleasant surprise with the arrival of their Australian Tertiary Admissions Rank (ATAR). Nicola Symons, who attended Hamilton and Alexandra College, received the highest ATAR for the area … Continue reading
Ross Moir | PEACH’S Fruit Market will close on Monday after six years in the city. The Portland fruit store, that has eight part-time and casual employees, will close for the last time on Christmas Eve. Peach’s Fruit Market owner Mark Petrie said … Continue reading
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