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  • Humbled and honoured to lead Hobsons Bay

    Humbled and honoured to lead Hobsons Bay

    Maribyrnong & Hobsons Bay Star Weekly

    What an incredible privilege it is to have been elected to represent Hobsons Bay as mayor for the next 12 months. I am humbled and…

  • Werribee cop’s important award

    Werribee cop’s important award

    Wyndham Star Weekly

    A Werribee-based detective’s relentless pursuit of a sex offender has been honoured with a statewide award. Detective Acting Sergeant Lucas Dudley recently received the 2025…

  • Blood donation pop-up

    Blood donation pop-up

    Brimbank & Northwest Star Weekly

    Australian Red Cross Lifeblood is urging Brimbank locals to donate blood at its pop-up blood donation centre in Sunshine when it opens next month. According…

  • Platform problems

    Platform problems

    Brimbank & Northwest Star Weekly

    Residents across the state are calling on the state government to reinstate a platform at Sunshine station that would allow travellers from Victoria’s north-east to…

  • Mayor’s motion passes final meeting

    Mayor’s motion passes final meeting

    Maribyrnong & Hobsons Bay Star Weekly

    Maribyrnong council will explore further incentives to attract business investment and develop vacant and disused properties in Footscray. A motion moved by outgoing mayor Pradeep…

  • Blaze prompts fire danger period warnings

    Blaze prompts fire danger period warnings

    Sunbury & Macedon Ranges Star Weekly

    Clarkefield CFA were called to a fire in the Riddells Creek area on Tuesday 18 November. Crews on the scene located three burn piles. Clarkefield…

  • Crafty Xmas market

    Crafty Xmas market

    Wyndham Star Weekly

    Western Homeschoolers Community is warmly inviting all to its Christmas Craft market at the Iramoo Community Centre on 4 December. The parent-led community is running…

  • Coaches replace trains

    Coaches replace trains

    Melton & Moorabool Star Weekly

    Those travelling beyond Bacchus Marsh on the train are being told to allow for extra travel time with coaches replacing trains for part of the…

  • Veteran groups awarded

    Veteran groups awarded

    Sunbury & Macedon Ranges Star Weekly

    A number of groups across the Macedon Ranges are benefiting from state government and the Victorian Veterans Council’s grants. Veterans Minister Natalie Suleyman and Macedon…

Sport


  • Newport to host Japanese games

    Newport to host Japanese games

    Maribyrnong & Hobsons Bay Star Weekly

    A Victorian women’s all-stars baseball side will take on a combined Japan University Women’s All-Stars team later this month. The trip is a whirlwind tour…

  • Stars emerge as Vicbred Super Series finals take shape

    Stars emerge as Vicbred Super Series finals take shape

    Melton & Moorabool Star Weekly

    The world’s leading reinswoman, Kerryn Manning, and the most successful female trainer in this country, Emma Stewart, look set to go head-to-head in next week’s…

  • Rockies win derby

    Rockies win derby

    Sunbury & Macedon Ranges Star Weekly

    The Macedon Ranges Rockies were again too strong for the Kyneton Tigers in the Macedon Ranges derby in the Basketball Victoria Country Basketball League men’s…

  • Duff-Tytler, Sweid drafted

    Duff-Tytler, Sweid drafted

    Northern Star Weekly

    Calder Cannons duo Cooper Duff-Tytler and Adam Sweid are headed from Craigieburn to Perth after both being selected in the AFL national draft on Wednesday…

  • Double wins for A’s, Woodsmen

    Double wins for A’s, Woodsmen

    Maribyrnong & Hobsons Bay Star Weekly

    Altona and Spotswood both banked two wins of the weekend as rain again played havoc in the Victorian Sub-District Cricket Association east-west. Instead of having…

  • Lalor gets number four

    Lalor gets number four

    Melton & Moorabool Star Weekly

    Sam Lalor will wear number four for Richmond in 2026, inheriting the famous club number for his second season in yellow and black. Lalor, 19,…

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  • Coaches replace trains

    Coaches replace trains

    Melton & Moorabool Star Weekly

    Those travelling beyond Bacchus Marsh on the train are being told to allow for extra travel time with coaches replacing trains for part of the…

  • Veteran groups awarded

    Veteran groups awarded

    Sunbury & Macedon Ranges Star Weekly

    A number of groups across the Macedon Ranges are benefiting from state government and the Victorian Veterans Council’s grants. Veterans Minister Natalie Suleyman and Macedon…

  • Meet the Faces of Wyndham

    Meet the Faces of Wyndham

    Wyndham Star Weekly

    A portrait alone could never tell a person’s entire story. Concept artist and photographer David Mullins’ Faces of Wyndham project has proved it can be…

  • From concrete to Cormorants

    From concrete to Cormorants

    Melton & Moorabool Star Weekly

    A once-concrete channel in Melton’s West is showing new signs of life, with local birdwatchers recording a growing diversity of species as the Re-imagining Arnolds…

  • Powering the 500

    Powering the 500

    Melton & Moorabool Star Weekly

    All eyes were on the Supercars at Sandown raceway over the weekend, but the event would not have been possible without the 349 dedicated volunteers…

  • Local voice, national honour

    Local voice, national honour

    Melton & Moorabool Star Weekly

    Local Eyensbury writer Amy Montague has made history as a decorated author after bringing home third place in the 2025 Furphy Literary Award, one of…