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Steve Robertson | RUBBISH strewn about, along the length of the Lee Breakwater, has become such a problem that the Port of Portland might temporarily close the popular fishing spot to the public this summer in order to clean it up. Port chief executive officer Jim Cooper called the breakwater “a mess” and appealed to its users to stop dumping their waste along its rocky edges. “It is local users who are causing the problem, so my appeal is simple: Can you help … Continue reading 0 Comments
Spectator-Observer Partnership | The Spectator and Portland Observer are both now available as digital editions (electronic newspapers, or ePapers), online from $2 per week. A minimum start-up subscription is two weeks ($4), through to 6-months or a year. We have a free DEMO … Continue reading 0 Comments
Spectator-Observer Partnership | While there's been major upheaval among metropolitan newspapers, their country counterparts are actually weathering the changes in the industry quite well. Media analysts say metro papers can learn from their regional colleagues, who seem to be better at serving their … Continue reading 0 Comments
Scott Malcolm | THE two heavyweights of South West football, Westerns and Heywood, are set to go head-to-head tomorrow. “It’s our next challenge, as we said last week; we’ve got a tough four weeks coming up with Dartmoor, Heywood, Sandford and Tyrendarra,” Westerns’ … Continue reading 0 Comments
Tiana Richardson | LESS than three weeks after a major clean up of the Point Danger area, rubbish has again been dumped in the area. On Thursday, a Portland Observer photographer captured images of general household waste, electrical equipment and even biological waste … Continue reading
Bill Meldrum | A MELBOURNE resident who intends to make a sea change move to a controversial coastal strip at Narrawong believes his land can easily sustain his hopes to build a single storey two-bedroom house. Charles Hardman owns land at Ocean View … Continue reading
Danielle Grindlay | A SHINY new weather station stands next to the preloved manual contraptions of earlier years at the Department of Primary Industries Hamilton site. Pastoral agronomist, Steve Clark, who’s been at the department 30 years, still glances at the trusty wind-direction … Continue reading
Ross Moir | CLEAN Up Australia activities ended in Portland and district yesterday with a group of 20 dedicated West Portland residents collecting rubbish from their roadsides. West Portland clean-up organiser Ron Grant said 14 adults and six children assisted in the clean-up … Continue reading
Spectator-Observer Partnership | YOUNG Guns proved they are a Division One team by beating the more fancied Thunder, 7-6, in the Portland Touch Football elimination final. On paper Young Guns had youth and speed, while Thunder looked to have the experience. The game … Continue reading
Emma-Jayne Schenk | DUNKELD has been dealt a blow, with their shelves stripped of The Saturday Age ‘Life & Style’ section, leaving many locals so disgusted they refuse to buy the paper anymore. Their Hamilton counterparts are still receiving the magazine and reports … Continue reading
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