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Bill Meldrum | PORTLAND is set to have a $1 million state-of-the-art ambulance station operating within the next nine months. Work on demolishing the old station is expected to start before Christmas . Ambulance Victoria Portland team manager Aaron McKindley said Portland-based firm England Building Co Pty Ltd had secured the contract for the project. He said the change in the roster at the station 18 months ago was the trigger for the new station. The change included going from an at-call station … Continue reading 0 Comments
Angela McFeeters | PEOPLE are being urged to share the spirit of giving by buying Christmas trees from volunteer organisation the Victoria State Emergency Service (VICSES). Members of the Portland SES unit work on a plot of pine trees throughout the year in … Continue reading 0 Comments
Huw Cushing | ALL phones and 98 per cent of ADSL internet lines in Portland have been restored but many outlying areas and smaller towns in the Glenelg Shire still have no internet connection. Heywood has all ADSL restored but many lines are … Continue reading 0 Comments
Bill Meldrum | PORTLAND and Nelson retail outlets could share in an estimated $500,000 pre-Christmas bonus next year as more than 5000 cyclists and support crew descend on the two towns. Bicycle Network Victoriahas designated Nelson and Portlandas overnight stops for the 30th … Continue reading 0 Comments
Ian Lewis | CHRISTMAS is less than three weeks away and already Casterton has been treated to a busy weekend of family fun, in readiness for the big day on December 25 when the man in red officially visits the district.The build-up to … Continue reading
Emma-Jayne Schenk | TELSTRA has answered the calls of community leaders, announcing it will streamline compensation processes for business customers impacted by the outage. A dedicated team has been set up to help reconfigure phones and internet services and there will also be … Continue reading
Rex Martinich | VICTORIAN Agriculture Minister Peter Walsh has all but cancelled Hamilton’s $3.5 million Red Meat Innovation Centre by ‘rebranding’ previous projects as new research facilities. Any additional development to be funded by $3.5 million promised by Mr Walsh to the Hamilton … Continue reading
John Donegan | THE Casterton and District Cricket Association played its part in another successful weekend of Western Waves T20 cricket in Hamilton at the weekend. It was most encouraging to see the vast majority of the association’s top performing cricketers make themselves … Continue reading
Sam Fleming | A DRUNK driver has had his licence immediately suspended after recording a blood alcohol concentration of more than three and a half times the legal limit. The 46-year-old driver was travelling home from Laternenfest in Tarrington with three children in … Continue reading
Sam Fleming | VICTORIA Police’s latest campaign, The Party’s Over, will be enforced during this year’s festive season to help stop fatalities on Victoria’s roads. With history showing an increase in fatalities towards the end of the year, the State Government and Victoria … Continue reading
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