CONNECTING COMMUNITY
WITH a generous donation from an anonymous local business owner, a group of local figures have united to create the Greater Hamilton, Food Store.
PROVIDING OPTIMISM
BUSINESSES won’t start receiving JobKeeper payments for another couple of weeks, but the promise of Federal Government relief has allowed a Hamilton café to retain more than half its staff during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
Keeping mentally healthy during times of uncertainty
BEFORE the pandemic, one in five Australians experienced mental illness, but due to the uncertainty and instability around coronavirus (COVID-19), there is a potential for the number of people seeking support to rise.
Shooting concerns addressed at Dunkeld meeting
DISTRESSED Dunkeld residents gathered at a meeting on Thursday after dozens of kangaroos were found around town, killed and disembowelled.
A unique 50-year reunion
AFTER selling his first car, a green Ford Zephyr Mark II, more than 50 years ago, Hamilton’s Doug Ezard thought he would never see...
Thomson Fountain works underway
WORKS to restore one of the Hamilton Botanic Gardens’ most significant features to its former glory are underway this week.
“JUST A CRISIS”
“THE most horrific act of animal cruelty this area has seen in a long time.”
THE DUST SETTLES
AS of Monday morning, the Budj Bim National Park fire was in the process of being contained after residents in Bessiebelle and surrounds were ordered to evacuate on Friday.
Witnesses sought for suspicious fire
THE old Wannon Fuel service station in Hamilton’s CBD will likely have to be demolished, after it was destroyed in a suspicious fire on Saturday afternoon.
HOPE REMAINS
THIS week marked 40 years since the tragic death of former Penshurst girl, Denise McGregor.
Do it for kids
The Macarthur and District Royal Children’s Hospital Good Friday Appeal raised $32,820. Macarthur and District co-ordinator Sandra Addinsall was ecstatic at the outcome.
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