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Sowing the seeds of learning
Salesian College students have brought the farm to their homes.
About 65 year 7 students studying agriculture at the Sunbury college have had to...
Foodbank inquiries grow
Between 10 and 15 new clients each week are reaching out to the Gisborne Community Care Foodbank for support as the coronavirus crisis continues...
Celebrating mums
Kat Buttigieg is confident this Sunday will be just like any other Mother’s Day, despite the coronavirus crisis.
The mum-of-three is preparing for a relaxing...
Kyneton Museum comes to life online
For 50 years, the Kyneton Museum has been sharing stories from the town’s past.
The museum, which was originally known as the Kyneton Folk...
Food operation pays thanks to frontline workers
A new initiative is striving to help Melbourne’s struggling hospitality businesses stay afloat while also providing meals for hardworking frontline medical staff.
Operation thank you:...
Hospital, business combine for healthier outcome
A Northern Health employee’s search for a business to make plastic face shields for frontline healthcare workers has helped keep an Epping business afloat.
Northern...
Salesian College student named as ambassador for the Shrine
A Sunbury teen has been named as a young ambassador for the Shrine of Remembrance.
Salesian College year 10 student, Rachel Grover was appointed to...
Hume preschoolers learn from home
Hume’s youngest pupils are being given the opportunity to learn from home, following the launch of the council’s Preschool at Home program.
The new initiative...
Macedon Ranges council opens COVID-19 centre
A one-stop-shop for advice on the COVID-19 pandemic has opened in the Macedon Ranges.
The council-run Recovery Operations Centre (ROC) provides residents with a centralised...
Taylor Sheridan finds inner strength
Taylor Sheridan started writing his latest song a year ago - well before the coronavirus crisis hit. But the Macedon Ranges’ singer’s latest single...
Bulla bypass a top priority
Broadmeadows train station should be upgraded and the Bulla bypass built by 2024, according to a new report by northern suburbs councils.
The Northern Councils...
Prespakis sweeps AFLW awards
Sunbury’s Madison Prespakis has capped off an incredible season by claiming the game’s highest individual honour, the AFLW’s Best and Fairest Award.
The 19-year-old,...
New provider for Macedon Ranges youth service
A Macedon Ranges home and community care program for young people will be taken over by Benetas after the council decided to scrap the...
Hume council overwhelmed by calls for help
More than 350 businesses have applied for financial support from Hume council to help get them through the COVID-19 pandemic.
The council is offering $1...
Duck feeding dangers raised
A Sunbury resident is calling for greater education about the dangers of feeding ducks.
Alejandra Diaz said she had noticed an increase in the number...
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‘Beautiful’ Eleanor remembered
The tight-knit community for Riddells Creek gathered to honour Eleanor Bryant, who died while protecting children from a truck that crashed in to Macedon...
