Articles by Jacob Traynor
Wye bridge planning in final stages
Wye River residents can take a close look at final plans for a big bridge upgrade on Saturday.
Waste trial is book-and-collect
Colac Otway Shire Council wants to try out a book-and-collect hard waste service over the coming months.
Polwarth candidate hits city street beat
Labor’s candidate for Polwarth has kicked off her grassroots campaign in Colac, canvassing the community ahead of November’s state election.
Colac educator’s election bid
A Colac teacher and councillor is officially taking a tilt at state politics in November’s Victorian election.
Plenty of priorities emerge in the east
It needs the most urgent attention of all Colac’s sporting grounds, and officials want residents and players to have their say.
Court convicts vegie thief
A Colac woman who stole hundreds of dollars’ worth of produce from an honesty box and was caught doing a drug exchange with her children in the vehicle had been “hanging out with the wrong people”, her lawyer says.
Hooray for 100 days
Colac South West Primary School Prep students have celebrated 100 days in the classroom with a day packed full of clever costumes and fun-filled activities.
GREEN GOLD: Colac to turn waste into dietary supplement
Colac West will soon become the home of a cutting-edge trial to turbocharge transforming food waste into fertiliser.