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Hospital shuts doors on passive smoking
COLAC businesses will enforce new smoking bans in three weeks aimed at protecting people from second-hand smoke.
New rail trail section officially opens
COLAC OTWAY Shire Council, district landowners and community members will celebrate an official opening of the latest Old Beechy Rail Trail extension and improvements today.
Thief takes heirlooms from woman with MS
A THIEF has shattered the peaceful world of a Colac district woman with multiple sclerosis after ransacking her house and stealing her parents’ jewellery.
First World War poetry finds a new audience
A BEEAC nurse’s war poetry has found a new audience 82 years after her death.
Lavers Hill is priority for next fire refuge
EMERGENCY Management Commissioner Craig Lapsley says the next community fire refuge the State Government builds will be at Lavers Hill.
$150,000 donation for Colac cancer campaign
A COLAC man’s $150,000 donation has helped a campaign to establish a Colac cancer clinic hit its fundraising target.
Orchard reduces waste with cider partnership
A PARTNERSHIP between an Otways’ apple grower and winery and brewery has helped reduce waste of fruit.
Lavers Hill residents want cash for refuge
LAVERS HILL residents “urgently” need the State Government to fund a community fire refuge which could save hundreds of lives when the Otways face a firestorm.