Families feel back to school pinch
Cost-of-living increases and back-to-school expenses have forced growing numbers of Sunbury and Macedon Ranges families to seek help from support agencies.
Charities have reported that...
Masters staff brace for job losses
About 100 Sunbury workers could lose their jobs after Woolworths said it may off-load all its Masters hardware stores.
A Woolworths spokeswoman said there were...
Lancefield’s Loraine Kraus named citizen of the year
From coaching tennis to running the football club canteen, weeding the neighbourhood house garden and baking slices for Anglican church fundraisers, whenever there’s been...
Gisborne brothers among OAM recipients
Two Gisborne brothers whose surname is almost synonymous with the town, have been recognised with Order of Australia medals (OAM).
Like many siblings who grew...
SunFest wins Hume Australia Day award
Efforts to celebrate links between Sunbury’s biggest community festival and the famous rock concerts of the 1970s have paid off, with SunFest sharing Hume’s...
Shining a light on Woodend-Hesket
Evenings training under car lights that barely cut through winter fog will soon be over at Woodend-Hesket Football Netball Club.
Power to the club’s netball...
Spreading the StrokeSafe message
A Sunbury resident who watched her father-in-law have to re-learn basic activities after a stroke is spreading a life-saving message for the Stroke Foundation.
Chris...
Calls for rural mobile black-spot action
Residents who were cut off from the outside world during last October’s devastating bushfire near Lancefield are demanding major improvements to mobile phone coverage...
Commuters want Bendigo line fix
Bendigo line train commuters have welcomed moves to allow free travel after a week of major disruptions but are urging V/Line to quickly fix...
New calls to fix Sunbury level crossing chaos
Hume councillors are being urged to push for the upgrade of a rail crossing that’s creating frequent traffic snarls and leading to risky behaviour...
Kyneton-Edgecombe blaze deemed suspicious
A bushfire which tore through than 100 hectares of land and destroyed a house at Edgecombe on Tuesday is being treated as suspicious.
Police...
Emergency warning issued for Kyneton fire
The CFA has issued an emergency warning for residents near Edgecombe, Woodleigh Heights, Bald Hill and Kyneton as a bushfire continues to burn.
The fire...
Epping wildlife on the mend
By Samantha Walker
Sunny, a 15-month-old eastern grey kangaroo, is on the mend after suffering burns to his feet during a grassfire at Epping on...
Kyneton remains hot property
Location, value and access to essential services have driven a property boom that led to Kyneton recording regional Victoria’s largest capital growth over the...
Land project limits weed’s spread
A project aimed at wiping out a fast-spreading weed, which is inedible for livestock and dramatically increases fire risk, is making progress near Gisborne.
But...
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Macedon’s grand final heartbreak
It was heartbreak for Macedon as a ball failed to be bowled in the Gisborne and District Cricket Association women’s league, handing Bacchus Marsh...
