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Night shelter committee spreads the warmth
Sunbury Winter Night Shelter committee members are showing their appreciation to volunteers with a smile and a wave.
The three-month shelter initiative provided homeless people...
Police crackdown on warrants
Hume Police Inspector Anthony Brown is calling on people who may have an outstanding warrant to come forward to police.
Inspector Brown said police are...
COVID waste water project
Samples of wastewater from Sunbury and surrounding suburbs are being used in a project to monitor coronavirus.
Western Water is taking weekly water samples...
Golfers back on the green
Goonawarra Golf Club has "weathered the initial storm", according to the club's chairman Hans van Pelt.
Last week, the state government announced the first...
Centrelink debt warning
A Sunbury family is urging others to review Centrelink claims after being hit with an almost $60,000 debt.
The family, which does not want...
It’s bin a great birthday
Bin day is Cooper’s favourite day of the week.
The five-year-old Sunbury boy spends his Wednesday mornings eating his breakfast at the front window...
Gambling losses fall during lockdown
A huge $34.8 million has not been fed into poker machines across Macedon Ranges and Hume as the COVID-19 pandemic forced a shutdown of...
Ranges COVID job boost
Almost 100 new temporary staff will be employed at Macedon Ranges council in coming weeks, as part of the state government’s Working for Victoria...
McDonald’s shuts stores
Sunbury McDonald’s is one of 12 restaurants across Melbourne’s northwest to be shut down for deep cleaning following a truck driver testing positive...
Scholarship a ‘dream come true’
Zac Grima started playing soccer at Sunbury United Soccer Club in 2007. Now the 19-year-old is looking forward to taking his soccer talents international.
Mr...
Sunbury toxic soil bid
Sunbury could become a dumping ground for contaminated soil from the West Gate Tunnel project if a proposal is given the green light.
Waste...
Community testing clinic opens
A coronavirus testing clinic has been set up in Sunbury.
Sunbury Community Health has partnered with Western Health to open the clinic at the former...
Special birthday for Mavis
By Jessica Micallef
New Gisborne’s Mavis Arkinstall enjoyed being the centre of attention last week for a very special reason.
The Warrina Aged Care resident...
Virus cases increase
By Jessica Micallef
The number of COVID-19 cases across Hume and the Macedon Ranges has increased to 48 across the two municipalities.
According to the...
A promise of romance
A Macedon Ranges author has joined with three other writers to create an anthology of romance stories.
Romsey’s Sarah Fiddelaers is one of the co-authors...
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’Weak’ crash case thrown out
A magistrate has criticised prosecutors as he threw out their “weak“ case against a diabetic driver who ploughed into and killed five people seated...
