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Spectator-Observer Partnership | IMAGINE the challenge of making a cake without the use of your sight, only to discover you’ve used salt instead of sugar; or the embarrassment of hopping into the wrong car; or putting a jumper on inside out and walking to the shops in it. These are some of the everyday challenges faced by Gerry Flood, who has been vision impaired since she was a child. After moving to Portland from Bendigo Mrs Flood noticed that there was very little [...] 0 Comments
Bill Meldrum | WAVE energy proponent Ocean Power Technologies (Australasia) Pty Ltd remains upbeat that a 19 megawatt demonstration project will be operating off the Portland coast by 2016. Gilbert George, a director of OPTA and the company formed to operate the wave [...] 0 Comments
Pat Koopman | PORTLAND Hockey Club has certainly been pro-active in the area of junior development. It has embarked on a “club build” to increase the number of juniors in the club and to help field teams in the Lower South East Hockey [...] 0 Comments
Emma-Jayne Schenk | A MULTI-million dollar revamp of the Hamilton saleyards has been approved by Southern Grampians Shire councillors, who adopted the Regional Livestock Exchange master plan at its April meeting. It is believed that $4 million will be committed to improving the [...] 0 Comments
Rex Martinich | FORMER Currawong House members are concerned they will never receive $350,000 they entrusted to Community Connections Victoria (CCV). The money was raised in the mid 1990s from the sale of Currawong House on Ballarat Rd, Hamilton and given to South [...]
Tiana Richardson | BROWNING and Kennedy streets residents hope they are a step closer to getting B-double trucks off their streets following a special meeting this week. Glenelg Shire councillors and officers met with the residents on Monday night to explore options to [...]
Tiana Richardson | PORTLAND Men’s Shed members are adapting 300sqm of the amenities area at the former Borthwicks plant for the relocation of their premises. It will be the first time the group has had a permanent home of its own. Portland District [...]
Kristy McDonald | BALMORAL is celebrating the opening of its new $750,000 police station. Replacing a more than 50-year-old facility, the new station is in keeping with the one member police station generic floor plan, which includes an entrance, foyer/reception area, general office, [...]
Emma-Jayne Schenk | LAKE Hamilton is set for an impressive makeover, much to the delight of residents, rowers and yachting enthusiasts. The Aquatic Users Beach Project is part of the Lake Hamilton Master Plan and proposes the construction of a beach entry for [...]
Bill Meldrum | THE future of proposed housing developments on a narrow coastal strip between Narrawong and Allestree is set to be determined at the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal. Environmental group Friends of the Surry lodged appeals at VCAT on Thursday against [...]
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