News


  • Funding for Hume

    Funding for Hume

    Northern Star Weekly

    Hume council will receive a $2.6 million federal government grant as a part of an urban precinct development project. The announcement was made on Tuesday…

  • Prepare for a scare

    Prepare for a scare

    Melton & Moorabool Star Weekly

    Halloween spirit is on full show in a Brookfield front yard, with the owner hoping to share joy among the community and raise money for…

  • Gifting care for Christmas

    Gifting care for Christmas

    Melton & Moorabool Star Weekly

    A chance to spread Christmas cheer has arrived in Caroline Springs through a charitable ‘reverse’ advent calendar initiative. The Reverse Advent Calendar program aims to…

  • Aquatic design underway

    Aquatic design underway

    Melton & Moorabool Star Weekly

    A highly anticipated indoor aquatic centre in Moorabool is one step closer to fruition, with preparation for its design now underway. Moorabool council announced that…

  • Questions skipped over

    Questions skipped over

    Sunbury & Macedon Ranges Star Weekly

    Hume residents were left wondering if they would get answers to their 30 public questions that were skipped over at the latest council meeting. During…

  • Brimbank Park upgrade delays

    Brimbank Park upgrade delays

    Brimbank & Northwest Star Weekly

    Plans for facility and infrastructure upgrades to Brimbank Park appear to have been put on hold four years after initial discussions. In a social media…

  • Migration explored through photography

    Migration explored through photography

    Brimbank & Northwest Star Weekly

    A free exhibition exploring identity, memory, and transformation through the language of photography has opened in Brimbank. Artist Aldona Kmieć said the ‘Veil’ series was…

  • A morning of fun and learning

    A morning of fun and learning

    Brimbank & Northwest Star Weekly

    Young bookworms and their parents and guardians enjoyed a bilingual story time event at Braybrook Library, which repeats each Tuesday morning during the school term.…

  • ‘Fire ready’ open day

    ‘Fire ready’ open day

    Brimbank & Northwest Star Weekly

    Locals are invited to attend the Caroline Springs CFA (Country Fire Authority) open day this month for a day of family fun. There will be…

Sport


  • Western Utd players pick up pieces as A-League starts

    Western Utd players pick up pieces as A-League starts

    Maribyrnong & Hobsons Bay Star Weekly

    When the A-League Men season starts without Western United, the players left in the lurch by the club’s untimely demise will still be picking up…

  • Thoroughbreds continue to keen building

    Thoroughbreds continue to keen building

    Melton & Moorabool Star Weekly

    Melton Thoroughbreds is hoping another year together will help them rise up the Basketball Victoria Country Basketball League north-west men’s ladder. After a solid first…

  • South Morang continues to shine

    South Morang continues to shine

    Northern Star Weekly

    Things have continued to fall into place for South Morang with the club in the best position it’s ever been in the Diamond Valley Cricket…

  • Young joins Carroll as co-coach at Kangaroos

    Young joins Carroll as co-coach at Kangaroos

    Sunbury & Macedon Ranges Star Weekly

    When Dean Young returned to the Sunbury Kangaroos last season, he wasn’t sure what to expect. Having just coached Glenroy for two seasons, Young still…

  • Stephens sets up at Wyndham

    Stephens sets up at Wyndham

    Wyndham Star Weekly

    Matt Stephens will step up from youth league women’s coach to Wyndham’s Big V women’s championship coach next season. Stephens had been re-appointed as coach…

  • World honour for Casey

    World honour for Casey

    Brimbank & Northwest Star Weekly

    Deer Park’s Mark Casey will be among a rare group as one of the inaugural World Bowls Hall of Fame inductees. The World Bowls Hall…

More News


  • A morning of fun and learning

    A morning of fun and learning

    Brimbank & Northwest Star Weekly

    Young bookworms and their parents and guardians enjoyed a bilingual story time event at Braybrook Library, which repeats each Tuesday morning during the school term.…

  • ‘Fire ready’ open day

    ‘Fire ready’ open day

    Brimbank & Northwest Star Weekly

    Locals are invited to attend the Caroline Springs CFA (Country Fire Authority) open day this month for a day of family fun. There will be…

  • Five warehouses approved

    Five warehouses approved

    Wyndham Star Weekly

    Wyndham council has settled on approving plans for the development of five warehouses at 865 Boundary Road, Truganina, that will form a future employment precinct.…

  • Pair arrested after driving stolen vehicle

    Pair arrested after driving stolen vehicle

    Brimbank & Northwest Star Weekly

    A 29-year-old Tullamarine man and 24-year-old Sydenham man have been arrested after a stolen vehicle was spotted allegedly speeding around Shepparton in the early hours…

  • New trams arrive in Maidstone

    New trams arrive in Maidstone

    Maribyrnong & Hobsons Bay Star Weekly

    The first new G Class tram have arrived a new Maidstone Tram Depot to begin testing. On Friday 17 October, Public and Active Transport Minister…

  • Humbling honour

    Humbling honour

    Sunbury & Macedon Ranges Star Weekly

    Paul Podbury has been recognised at the AFL Victoria Community Football Awards. The Woodend-Hesket Football Netball Club co-president was awarded the Community Volunteer of the…