Brimbank & Northwest Star Weekly

  • Lakers’ heartbreak

    Lakers’ heartbreak

    Caroline Springs is thinking what might have been after going agonisingly close to claiming two Western Football League division 1 premierships on Saturday. The Lakers…

  • Blues tough ending

    Blues tough ending

    Keilor will take plenty of positives out of the Essendon District Football League premier division season, despite falling short at the last hurdle. The pacesetters…

  • Feedback open for animal plan

    Feedback open for animal plan

    Locals can provide feedback on Brimbank council’s draft ‘domestic animal management plan’ for 2026 to 2029, which provides a four-year framework for managing dogs and…

  • Capture the heart of Braybrook

    Capture the heart of Braybrook

    Central West Shopping Centre is inviting the community to take part in Locals Behind the Lens, a photography competition that celebrates the everyday beauty of…

  • Calandrella joins Knights

    Calandrella joins Knights

    It’s been a whirlwind few days for new Melbourne Knights coach Michael Calandrella. Last Sunday, Calandrella guided Brunswick Juventus to promotion up into Victorian Premier…

  • Shopping centre altercation

    Shopping centre altercation

    Police responded to reports of an altercation in Taylors Lakes on September 18. Police said it understood a group of about 10 youths were involved…

  • Honouring police lives lost

    Honouring police lives lost

    The day the Tim Lewczuk bridge was renamed in the senior constable’s honour, the late police officer’s parents, Richard and Dot Lewczuk, gathered in a…

  • Donations callout

    Donations callout

    The Goss ’n’ Shop op shop in Sunshine is asking locals to extend a hand and make more donations as the shop experiences a period…

  • Futures in focus

    Futures in focus

    Amazon employees visited Lakeview Senior College in Caroline Springs last week, with career paths, the rapidly changing job market, and the company’s data centres just…

  • Dragicevic’s stunning rise

    Dragicevic’s stunning rise

    St Albans’ Oliver Dragicevic is living the dream after earning his first A-League contract at just 17. Having grown up in the changerooms at St…

  • Woman freed on bail over fire that killed two children

    Woman freed on bail over fire that killed two children

    Within two minutes of a mother leaving her three children aged under five at home alone, a smoke alarm sounded. Fire would soon engulf the…

  • Muhtari steps down

    Muhtari steps down

    A coaching change is on the way with Zammy Muhtari stepping down as coach of the Essendon District Football League division 1 club. Muhtari had…