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 Chance of Rain 13°C/4°C |  Clear 14°C/8°C | Chance of Rain 14°C/2°C | Clear 15°C/7°C |
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Chance of Rain 14°C/8°C | Clear 16°C/11°C |  Rain 14°C/9°C |  Scattered Clouds 14°C/8°C |
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Huw Cushing | A 20-YEAR-OLDPortland man yesterday died after being shot in the stomach during an incident on Barkly Street on Monday. The man was taken to Portland’s emergency department by two other men just before 5.30pm on Monday, and underwent surgery once a specialist unit of doctors from Melbourne, known as the Adult Retrieval Team, flew in to stabilise him. The team then airlifted him toRoyal Melbourne Hospital at 1am, where he died hours later, according to an Ambulance Victoria spokesman. A … Continue reading 0 Comments
Huw Cushing | A 20-YEAR-OLDPortland man died today after being shot in the stomach during an incident on Barkly Street on Monday. The man was taken to Portland’s emergency department by two other men just before 5.30pm on Monday, and underwent surgery once a specialist … Continue reading 0 Comments
Tiana Richardson | A 25-YEAR-OLD Portland electrician was injured when a three kilogram object fell on his head from 15 metres while he was working inside a wind turbine at Macarthur on Friday. Jonno Foley, who was working with R.and M. Menzel Electrical … Continue reading 0 Comments
Tiana Richardson | A 25-YEAR-OLD Portland electrician was injured after a three kilogram object fell on his head from 15 metres while working inside a wind turbine at Macarthur this morning. According to an Ambulance Victoria spokesman John Mullen said the man was … Continue reading 0 Comments
Tiana Richardson | SHARON Spiegel has local emergency services to thank for saving her life after she was lost and disoriented at Cape Bridgewater on Tuesday night. Ms Spiegel, 62, visiting Portland from Brooklyn, New York City, was out taking in the beauty … Continue reading
Kristy McDonald | TWO women are dead after a horrific night on our region’s roads. Police and emergency services were called to a head-on smash on the Hamilton Hwy just north of Penshurst, at about 5.20pm on Saturday. Initial reports were that the … Continue reading
Ross Moir | A RECORD number of Portland and Heywood students will take part in a program that will build their employability skills and open their eyes to local job opportunities. On Wednesday evening the 2012 Future Leaders of Industry program was launched … Continue reading
Lisa Cameron | FORMER Henty resident, Geraldine Mawson, has shown the importance of CPR after helping bring a friend back from the dead. The trained nurse was one of three people who provided CPR to Bohdan Worotniuk, known as Bob the Vet, after … Continue reading
Ross Moir | A THREE-CAR collision at the intersection of Percy and Townsend streets at 3.45pm on Monday left one person in hospital and another with minor injuries. Police, ambulance and CFA attended the accident. According to Ambulance Victoria spokeswoman Gabriel Degenhardt, ambulance … Continue reading
Kristy McDonald | COLIN and Betty Huf say the paramedics who saved their son’s life have been unduly “crucified”. The Tarrington couple’s 30-year-old son, Daniel, was wrongly declared dead by paramedics, after crashing his Porsche on the Western Hwy near Bacchus Marsh, at … Continue reading
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