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Ross Moir | PORTLAND’S two Rotary Clubs have cooperated to donate $250,000 to the Rotary House project in Warrnambool. The Rotary clubs ofPortlandandPortlandBayeach donated $125,000 during a dinner at Sandilands on Monday night. The money was sourced from the estate of Rotarian Andrew Jack, who died last year after a short illness. It had been his desire to see Rotary House completed, and the donations will ensure this happens. Rotary House will be built on land offTimor St, opposite South West Healthcare’sWarrnamboolBaseHospital, and … Continue reading 0 Comments
Angela McFeeters | PORTLAND’S biggest art show is turning 30 this year, so organisers are rolling out the red carpet in celebration. Rotary Portland Art Exhibition sponsorship managerGailBarrett said the weekend-long show on November 2 to 4 would have a red theme, and … Continue reading 0 Comments
James Bourke | WITH the end of winter fast approaching, one of Australia’s most renowned and popular fundraising events, Daffodil Day is almost here. Each year Daffodil Day raises much needed money to support the work of the Australian Cancer Council in cancer … Continue reading 0 Comments
Tiana Richardson | THE Portland Branch of Make-A-Wish Australia has hailed this year’s Big Red Money Walk the best yet. The team of 12 left Melbourne on July 24 joined by the Collingwood Football Club players and coaches and six members of the … Continue reading 0 Comments
Kristy McDonald | Hamilton Pastoral and Agricultural Society trade officer, Simon Menzel and Sheepvention president, Rob Hartwick are confident that this year’s Sheepvention will be bigger and better than ever, with new events to attract larger crowds to the two-day event. 120723tp01
Tiana Richardson | THE Portland Branch of Make-A-Wish Australia will march into its sixth annual Big Red Money Walk on Tuesday, raising money to help grant wishes for children with life threatening conditions. The walk is from Melbourne to Portland, and Portland branch … Continue reading
Tiana Richardson | THE Friends of Sea View House Inc support committee will soon meet with the Portland District Health board of management to work through aspects of the committee’s business plan. The steering committee wrote to board president Mike Noske requesting an … Continue reading
Spectator-Observer Partnership | THE Australian Press Council has considered a complaint about the coverage in the Portland Observer in September-December 2011 of a local development project involving a foreshore lagoon. The local shire council complained that the coverage focused much more on the … Continue reading
Bill Meldrum | AN in-principle agreement has been reached for the Dhauwurd-Wurrung Elderly and Community Health Service to buy the former Lewis Court Home for the Aged site at Wellington Rd. In a joint statement, Lewis Court board of management president Dayle King … Continue reading
Bill Meldrum | A KEY piece of Portland’s tourism infrastructure, the Anderson Point steps, is open to the public again after almost five years of being closed. Two sections of steps and a platform at the bottom of the steps were reinstated by … Continue reading
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