Premier raises hopes about VU site
Premier Daniel Andrews has hinted at ‘‘exciting announcements’’ about the former Victoria University site at Jacksons Hill, raising hopes that the historic property will...
Drought forces switch to Melbourne water
Water customers in Sunbury, Riddells Creek and Diggers Rest have been switched to the Melbourne supply system, as below average rainfall continues to place...
$200k for Gisborne town centre facelift
Gisborne’s busy town centre is set to undergo another major facelift, with the state government lending its support to a $367,000 project aimed at...
Riddells volunteers honoured for service
The many and varied contributions of volunteers from the Macedon Ranges’ six neighbourhood houses have been acknowledged at a morning tea at Riddells Creek.
Macedon...
Sunbury, Gisborne agents welcome rate cut
Record-low interest rates are expected to further add to the appetite for property in Sunbury and the Macedon Ranges.
LJ Whorlow First National Sunbury manager...
Hume budget back in black
Hume council’s efforts to wipe out almost $30 million in debt should be held up as an example to other levels of government, a Sunbury-based...
New lights for Woodend ground
Good fortune continues to shine on Woodend-Hesket Football Club, with the announcement of a state government grant to ensure new lights for Gilbert Gordon...
Training program leaves no youth behind
Young people living in Broadmeadows who have been “left behind” will get more help accessing vocational training and employment as part of a new...
Guides hope biscuits will bring in dough
Sunbury Girl Guides hope the sale of close to 1500 boxes of biscuits will help raise enough money to allow them all to attend...
Sunbury focus at shadow cabinet meeting
The need to rise to the challenges of explosive growth was a persistent theme when Sunbury’s health, local government and emergency service leaders met...
Sunbury vegetable harvest put to bed
Five wicking garden beds will bring a splash of color and, eventually, a harvest of healthy vegetables to O’Shanassy Street, Sunbury.
Residents are being invited...
Anger over Sunbury parking inaction
Hume council has been asked to explain why plans for a multi-level carpark in Evans Street, Sunbury, were scrapped as the town’s parking crisis...
Never too early to learn about safety
Children at a New Gisborne preschool learnt how to phone triple-0 and heard flood safety tips when SES crew members including Rob Lewis visited...
Indoor courts ‘bursting’ at seams
Substandard indoor sports facilities in the Macedon Ranges will soon be a thing of the past if a new coalition of clubs, schools, associations...
Oaklands Junction kangaroo cull postponed
Parks Victoria has postponed plans to cull about 150 kangaroos in an enclosure protecting an endangered bandicoot at Woodlands Historic Park.
Shooting at the Oaklands...
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