Articles by Naomi Newcombe

  • Local animal lovers come to the rescue

    Thirty dogs and fifty-seven cats have found their forever homes through Colac Otway Shire Council’s animal adoption program in the past year.

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  • Noise concerns at Birregurra events venue

    A Birregurra resident says he needs to wear ear plugs to bed to drown out loud music from events at the town’s Bootmakers Cottage.

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  • Surf Coast re-elects Mayor

    Newly re-elected Surf Coast Shire Council Mayor Liz Pattison is looking forward to seeing the progress of major projects like Winchelsea’s pool renewal.

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  • Group seeking sites for more cupboards

    Colac’s Kindness Network is on the lookout for more locations to place its “Kindness Cupboards” around the city, spreading kindness and food relief.

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  • News in brief

    Funding for a local respite organisation, Telstra mobile outages in Wye River and more in today’s news in brief.

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    Councils table financial positions for 2022-23

    Colac Otway, Corangamite and Surf Coast Shire councils have released their annual reports, providing ratepayers with details of their position at the end of the financial year.

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  • Bulla seeks approval to expand

    A new manufacturing building for milk-based products is part of Bulla’s latest plans for its Forest Street site expansion.

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  • Remembrance Day in Colac

    The Colac Herald captured moments from Saturday’s Remembrance Day ceremony held in Colac’s Memorial Square.

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