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Steve Robertson | PORTLAND’S support for the neediest children ofCambodiawill continue, but not through the mechanism of KSEDO (Khmer Social Economic Development Organisation), the children’s home co-founded by young Portland woman Rebecca Lake. Ms Lake, 23, will take up a new role next month as a journalist and sub-editor on the English-language Jakarta Globe newspaper. She has just completed her journalism degree fromMonashUniversity. “The running of KSEDO will be in the hands of the local director, who is a Cambodian woman,” Ms Lake … Continue reading 0 Comments
Steve Robertson | A DRAMATIC image of the sun breaking through dark clouds at dawn overPortlandBayhas given local woman Bianca Goebel the honour of a place in VisionAustralia’s 2013 calendar. “I live near a cliff and I like to go walking in the … Continue reading 0 Comments
Huw Cushing | SPORTING groups that call Alexandra Park home say the ground is in desperate need of upgrades but council is neglecting it. The West Portland Sporting Community (WPSC), which represents 520 sporting club members from Westerns Football Netball Club, Gorae-Portland … Continue reading 0 Comments
Huw Cushing | FOR the Saunders family it was the welcoming home of a loved one and the final chapter in a 70-year story. After travelling nearly 4000 kilometres, soil from thePort Moresbygrave of WWII soldier Harry Saunders, was returned to Gunditjmara country … Continue reading 0 Comments
Bill Meldrum | THE shed will be a popular venue for many people throughout the nation tomorrow as they gather to watch the telecast of the AFL grand final between Hawthorn and Sydney. Portland’s Jeremy Rundell has his shed ready, already well prepared … Continue reading
Rex Martinich | HAMILTON’S National Party MPs have received positive feedback from the long awaited changes to the Fire Services Levy (FSL). The legislation is set to pass through parliament, almost two years after the Coalition won the Victorian election with a promise … Continue reading
Lisa Cameron | WATER rose rapidly at Margaret Benson’s North Boundary Rd home, next to the Hamilton Speedway, until it reached almost up to the back door. The backyard was completely covered by rising water by late afternoon. See today’s Spectator for full … Continue reading
Sam Fleming | LAST Friday’s flash flooding gave some Hamilton residents an unexpected scare, but for other locals, lack of maintenance to drainage systems has been a problem they have dealt with all too often. Thanks to blockages at drains and undersized culverts … Continue reading
Steve Robertson | ONE of Portland’s first abalone divers, and a renowned collector of fine art, died last Wednesday. Bob Ussher spent the last 30 years of his life collecting everything from French antique furniture to Aboriginal art. In November 2010 he put … Continue reading
Huw Cushing | THE Australian Bureau of Statistics has confirmed what many people in Glenelg’s rural townships have long-known – the population is shrinking. While the census provides us with a snap-shot of our community every five years, the bureau’s most recent figures … Continue reading
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