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Bill Meldrum | THIRTY-SIX organisations have shared in almost $85,000 from the Glenelg Shire Council for a wide variety of community-based projects. The Heywood Tennis Club was one six organisations to receive the maximum of $5000 from the second round of the shire’s community grants. It will use the money to replace damaged and unsafe fencing. Shire mayor Gilbert Wilson said the facility was used by a wide cross section of the community including local school children, the Heywood tennis and netball clubs, [...] 0 Comments
Steve Robertson | A PROJECT called Biochar and Energy from Trees (BETR), conducted by Greening Australia and funded by the Alcoa Foundation, could benefit Glenelg Shire agriculture in the short term, and perhaps someday provide renewable energy for local farms. That’s the confident [...] 0 Comments
Bill Meldrum | THE Glenelg Shire Council has proposed a 4.02 per cent increase in rate revenue for 2012-13. The details of the rate increase were given as part of the draft budget which was put out for public comment by the council [...] 0 Comments
Bill Meldrum | THE Portland Baptist Church has confirmed it is involved in early negotiations to buy the former Portland Holden site. The freehold owner of the site, Hamilton businessman Andrew Rau, would not comment on the issue yesterday morning. However, church spokesman [...] 0 Comments
Huw Cushing | A BUILDING permit application to be released by Heritage Victoria next week details a three lot subdivision and the construction of a pair of two-storey town houses at the Customs House site. The building at 95 Cliff St was built [...]
Tiana Richardson | THE Portland foreshore lagoon infilling was completed last week, leaving only some final levelling to be completed in the near future. The project is the first stage of works under the Portland Bay Coastal Infrastructure Plan and, according to the [...]
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 [...]
Tiana Richardson | JEAN Kittson kicked off Friday morning on a hilarious note for many of Portland’s professional administrators. Ms Kittson was the guest speaker at the Committee for Portland/United Way Glenelg run 2012 Administrative Professional Breakfast, in the Portland Golf Club, at [...]
Kristy McDonald | IF you are planning to use pedal power to get to the Hamilton Sustainable Living Expo this weekend, you are guaranteed to arrive in style. The ‘Ride On’ bike valet is a free service for people who ride their bikes [...]
Huw Cushing | THE reality of Sunday’s IGA fire is only just beginning to sink in for employees who convened at the Fawthrop Community Centre Wednesday to learn of their future. Employees were addressed by owner Michael Daly and representatives from the Glenelg [...]
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