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Huw Cushing | THE misuse of prescribed opiate drugs is on the rise in south-westVictoriaaccording to Portland-based experts. Drugs used for the treatment of chronic pain, such as oxycontin, MS contin, kapanol and fentanyl, are highly addictive and are being traded on a black market for recreational use and unmanaged pain relief. Manager of Glenelg and Southern Grampians drug treatment service Quamby, Bev McIlroy, said opiate use is increasing in regional communities acrossAustralia, including south-westVictoria. “Here at Quamby we’ve noticed a gradual increase … Continue reading 0 Comments
Spectator-Observer Partnership | A 17-year-old Portland girl was injured in a low speed collision at 9.15pm on Wednesday, while she was crossing Percy Stat a pedestrian crossing. Sergeant Martin Flannery said the car was heading north along Percy St when it struck the … Continue reading 0 Comments
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 … Continue reading 0 Comments
Huw Cushing | MORE than $400,000 will be spent on a new wastewater treatment system at the Narrawong Camping and Recreation Reserve. After six years of saving and lobbying, the Committee of Management of Narrawong Camping and Recreation Reserve will contribute $150,000 and … Continue reading 0 Comments
Emma-Jayne Schenk | HAMILTON’S Frank Marcollo said unfair public scrutiny, personal abuse and the “hangable offence” of making a decision in council, would stop him from running this year. Negativity has also affected Southern Grampians Mayor, Bob Penny’s outlook on the job, with … Continue reading
Bill Meldrum | ALLESTREE resident Naomi Wilson can be forgiven if she is wary about preparing horse feed in her shed from now on after she was bitten on the arm by a venomous brown snake on Monday afternoon. Ms Wilson said she … Continue reading
Steve Robertson | WHEN Monika Berry went into hospital 17 years ago for a simple gall bladder removal, she had no way of knowing the visit would profoundly change her life. “I’d never even thought about diabetes,” she explained. “But when the doctors … Continue reading
Tiana Richardson | MORE than 200 year nine students from Bayview College, Heywood and District Secondary College (HDSC) and Portland Secondary College (PSC) learnt about the affects of alcohol consumption and binge drinking at a workshop last week. The students were involved in … Continue reading
Bill Meldrum | WANNON Water’s new $13.5 million Portland water reclamation plant is starting to take shape. A workforce of up to 30 people have been working up to six days a week on the IDEA (intermittent decanted extended aeration) treatment plant with … Continue reading
Huw Cushing | A PORTLAND man had part of his ear bitten off and another man’s nose was bitten during fights at the Richmond Henty Hotel in the early hours of Sunday morning. A Melbourne man and three other men have been interviewed … Continue reading
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