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Book donation fosters lifelong love of reading
Scores of Colac and district Prep students are discovering the joys of reading at home thanks to a district-wide free book program.
Fiction comes to life for Book Week
Colac West Primary School students and staff put on a colourful show for their annual Book Week celebrations.
Radio crew breaks awards record
MixxFM Colac has broken records for its high number of nominations at this year’s Australian Commercial Radio Awards.
VCAT win for councillor
A Surf Coast Shire Councillor is calling for more transparency in local governments after successfully pursuing a Freedom of Information case against her own council.
Arrest over Colac stabbing
Investigators have charged a 19-year-old from the Camperdown district over the alleged stabbing of a man in Colac.
Volunteers take flight with bird course
Forty Otways volunteers dedicated to saving the region’s threatened bird species will have a one-of-a-kind studying opportunity.
Big move for kinder teacher
New Colac Wydinia Kindergarten teacher Kate Chalmers says she is looking forward to getting to know the Colac community.
Conviction for intervention order breach
A Colac man continually breached an intervention order over Christmas, turned up at a home armed with an axe and blamed drink-driving on a medical spray, a court has heard.