Work underway at St Ambrose Primary
St Ambrose Primary School in Woodend is getting a facelift, with upgrade works officially underway.
Macedon MP Mary-Anne Thomas visited the school on Friday...
A century of Jean
The formidable Jean Emmie Hitch will be welcomed into the ranks of Macedon Ranges centenarians on July 1.
The Gisborne Oaks Aged Care Facility...
Winter holiday program fun
There are some great council-run activities happening across Sunbury and the Macedon Ranges these school holidays.
Hume council’s winter holiday program is absolutely jam-packed,...
Crime drops, except in Macedon
Despite the overall crime rate in the Macedon Ranges dropping 29 per cent in the year to March, the village of Macedon saw a...
Food truck craze at WinterGraze
Calling all food truck and market lovers, get ready to gorge at SunFest WinterGraze on June 25, happening in Sunbury.
The event is fundraising...
Woi Wurrung names adopted in Sunbury
Hume council has voted to adopt Woi Wurrung names for three reserves in Sunbury, following community consultation.
Darr Banneem for Sunbury Fields Grassland, Mumilam Korobine...
Become an Emu Bottom friend
After a two-year, pandemic-related hiatus, the Friends of Emu Bottom Wetlands Reserve in Sunbury (FEBWR) are back.
For 28 years, the group revegetating the...
Street signs of the times
Sunbury’s streets will soon be adorned with new signs, adding historical context to the names attached to them.
At a meeting on Tuesday, June...
Winter fire risk warning
As the cold weather sets in across the state and Sunbury and the Macedon Ranges residents switch on their heaters to combat the chill,...
East Trentham scores new weather station
The Country Fire Authority (CFA) has revealed one of 10 new automated weather stations will have a permanent home in Trentham East, improving firefighter...
The ‘traumatic’ toll of arbitrations
A councillor has opened up about the “traumatic” toll of Hume’s internal arbitration processes, which have cost the organisation nearly $143,000.
The previously confidential...
Kinder registrations open in the Macedon Ranges
Macedon Ranges council is inviting local families to join one of its eight kindergartens in the region.
The kinders offer rich, nature-based and creative...
Local MP encourages residents to get onto power bonus
With energy costs soaring, Macedon MP Mary-Anne Thomas is reminding eligible concession card-holding residents to get onto the $250 power saving bonus before applications...
Hume $143k arbitration costs revealed
Internal arbitration processes have cost Hume council nearly $143,000, new documents reveal.
Last month, councillors voted to make public the details of previously confidential...
Recovery funding for multicultural communities
Sixty multicultural community and media organisations and individuals are set to share in more than $2.3 million in state government funding to promote COVID-safe...
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Funding posts a difference
Live4Life has joined more than 150 grassroots community and not-for-profit groups to receive up to $2000 in funding through Australia Posts annual People of...
