Melton & Moorabool Star Weekly

  • Community collaboration to reshape SES garden

    Community collaboration to reshape SES garden

    The front garden of the VICSES Aintree Unit is set for a major transformation, with volunteers and students from Bacchus Marsh Grammar joining forces to…

  • Christ Church launches first Christmas fair

    Christ Church launches first Christmas fair

    Melton’s Anglican Church is opening its doors to the community this Christmas as it celebrates its inaugural Christmas Fair on Saturday 6 December. The fair…

  • Primary school grows

    Primary school grows

    Christmas has come early for Diggers Rest Primary School as it is set for a major transformation, with construction on its long-awaited community hub upgrade…

  • Stewart dominates Vicbred finals

    Stewart dominates Vicbred finals

    The Emma Stewart prepared four-year-old Kiss confirmed her ranking as one of the best mares in Australia when she outclassed her rivals in the APG…

  • Future facility needs a name

    Future facility needs a name

    Melton council is calling on locals to help shape the identity of a new major community facility now under construction in Cobblebank. The six-storey purpose-built…

  • Indoor pool funded

    Indoor pool funded

    Moorabool council is one step closer to delivering the long-awaited indoor aquatic facility at the Moorabool Aquatic and Recreation Centre (MARC) Stadium in Bacchus Marsh,…

  • Melton’s mental health hub

    Melton’s mental health hub

    Melton and surrounding communities now have access to better mental health care thanks to the official opening of the permanent Melton Mental Health and Wellbeing…

  • Husband found guilty of murder over wife’s stabbing

    Husband found guilty of murder over wife’s stabbing

    An enraged husband who stabbed his wife to death after moving from New Zealand with their children has been found guilty of murder. Rimoni Muliaga,…

  • Season over for Melton, Bacchus

    Season over for Melton, Bacchus

    Grand final dreams are over for the Melton Thoroughbreds and Bacchus Marsh Lions in the Basketball Victoria Country Basketball League. The Thoroughbreds have both its…

  • Melton Christmas calendar

    Melton Christmas calendar

    The Christmas season is fast approaching and Melton residents are spoilt for choice with a packed calendar of festive events, workshops, and family-friendly celebrations across…

  • Meals for Melton

    Meals for Melton

    Local community groups and food relief organisations across Melton now have greater support for delivering food relief programs across the local community. Melton MP Steve…

  • Night works in Bacchus Marsh

    Night works in Bacchus Marsh

    Bacchus Marsh locals are being urged to allow for extra travel time as night works take place at the intersections of Grant and Griffith streets.…