Articles by A Staff Reporter

  • Anam Cara House opens gift registry

    COMMUNITY hospice supporters have opened gift registries at Colac businesses to let people buy an item for the new palliative and respite care home.

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  • Council buys Colac hardware store site

    COLAC Otway Shire Council has bought Colac’s Civic Home Hardware building for $800,000 to expand car parking and its civic precinct.

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  • Funeral directors storing ashes from 1968

    COLAC funeral directors are storing ashes dating as far back as 1968 but not “hundreds of unclaimed remains” like large metropolitan businesses.

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  • Campaign promotes locally-grown produce

    OTWAY farmers are growing quality, organic food for the Australian market but only a small amount is reaching district tables.

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  • Councillor isn’t sitting on fence with opinions

    A COLAC Otway Shire councillor has turned a fencing policy vote into a debate about definitions and bureaucracy.

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  • Alternative truck route by next year

    A COLAC bypass is “years away” but a plan to take trucks from the city centre could be in place by 2012.

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  • Council faces legal challenge over creek

    ENVIRONMENTAL lawyers are threatening Colac Otway Shire Council with legal action over Boundary Creek’s water quality.

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  • Your Home and Garden visits the pool room

    THE design, decor and location of Ray and Andrea Langdon’s pool room combine to create a versatile, inviting space in their home.

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