RSPCA lowers cat adoption fee to encourage potential feline owners
RSPCA will be lowering its cat adoption fees in a bid to ease pressure on shelters who are currently overrun with the popular household...
Call for more busts in Ashes birthplace
Down on the corner of Evans and Brook streets in Sunbury, commemorating its place in Ashes history, sit the four bronze busts of cricketing...
Car caught travelling 140km/h over speed limit on Calder Freeway
Police said they were “lost for words” after detecting a vehicle allegedly travelling at 251km/h at Woodend on Sunday, April 17.
The white...
Victorian government announces more vouchers for popular senior travel scheme
A further 10,000 travel vouchers will be distributed to older Victorians, including in Sunbury and the Macedon Ranges, as part of the state government's...
State government launches interactive Big Build website
A new interactive online platform designed to educate Victorians about upcoming Big Build projects has been launched by the state government.
Big Build, Big...
Wonderful wishes for local author
Riddells Creek author Kelly Louise Jarris describes having just released her children’s book, ‘Wonderful Wishes’, as a “dream come true”.
Which is fitting, since...
Aussies encouraged to join the Great Dunny Hunt
Australians are being asked to help out with the Great Dunny Hunt of 2022 for the Continence Foundation of Australia.
The Great Dunny Hunt...
My Place: Maria Weiss
Maria Weiss is the new Community Director at Macedon Ranges council. Working with people to support communities, especially those who are vulnerable, is what...
From the archives
Star Weekly looks back through the pages of its predecessors
30 years ago
April 14, 1992
Woodend's icy response to Caloola resettlement plans for Anne Roads showed...
Millon Paws Walk returns
Get ready for another paw-some year of RSCPA’s Million Paws Walk, with 10,000 Victorians and their pooches, including from Sunbury and the Macedon Ranges,...
Community calendar
Want your event listed? Community Calendar is made available free of charge to not-for-profit organisations to keep the public informed of special events and...
Forever learning, no matter what age
Learning is something we do all the time.
Whether it’s a word we haven’t heard before, or an idea from a time and place...
Council advocates for a better Hume
Voters and candidates in Sunbury and across Hume are being urged to consider local community needs as the 2022 federal election campaign formally begins....
Firefighter honoured by hospital helicopter landing
In February this year, a much-loved member of the Macedon Ranges firefighting community died after a 10-month-long battle with synovial sarcoma.
But not before...
Five fatalities prompt Easter road safety warning
Motorists across Victoria have been urged by police to take care this Easter, following five fatalities last weekend.
There will be a strong police...
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Slow start for Tigers
After a slow pre-season, the Sunbury Tigers are looking to make up for lost time in the NRL Victoria Storm premiership first grade.
The Tigers...
