News
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‘First class’ sports precinct planned
A new multi-million dollar sporting precinct will be developed at Salesian College’s Sunbury campus. Last Thursday, the Catholic school announced it had secured funding to…
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Trekking to give back
After 24 weeks of chemotherapy, Rachell Cullen has committed to a five-day trek in the Top End to raise money for the treatment centre that…
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Boost for female sport
Sporting clubs in the Macedon Ranges will share in the spoils of an initiative designed to improve female participation in sport. Woodend-Hesket Football Netball Club…
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Mother, daughter team up to raise awareness
A Sunbury mother and daughter will be hitting the track next month to raise money for diabetes research. Michelle Ulm’s daughter, Kiara, was diagnosed with…
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Fears for Sunbury heritage
A Sunbury resident is concerned for the future of a historic homestead on Redstone Hill Road. Originally built in the 1850s, the former Rankin Homestead…
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Hume looks at hardship policy
Hume council will look at establishing a financial hardship policy after a statewide investigation found it was one of only two council areas in the…
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Community grants open
Australia Post’s Community Grants Program will this year be focused on local initiatives improving mental health and wellbeing. Applications are now open for not-for-profit organisations…
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Drivers fail to heed warnings
More than 400 offences were detected on Victorian roads during the Queen’s Birthday long weekend as part of a statewide police operation targeting high-risk driving…
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My Place: Frank Zambello
Frank Zambello is the secretary of Sunbury Senior Citizens Club Inc. He spoke with Oliver Lees. What is your connection to Sunbury and Macedon Ranges?…
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Hume council appoints new CEO
Hume council will soon be under new leadership, with Sheena Frost today announced as the council’s next chief executive. Mayor Joseph Haweil said that Ms…
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Rise of the Aussie playmaker
From a production company in Kyneton, a new documentary that traces the legacy of American influence on Australian men’s basketball is set to be released…
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Soil vote ‘kick in the guts’
A last-gasp bid to revoke the planning scheme that would allow the transfer of contaminated soil to a site in Bulla failed in state Parliament…













