Northern Star Weekly
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Council services hour changes
Hume council has announced the opening hours of its services and centres for the upcoming Christmas holiday period from 24 December to 1 January. Customer…
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Music program brings young families together
Encompass Care held its last mainly music event for the year on 9 December, celebrating with pre-schoolers and their families. Encompass Care chief operations officer…
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YPRL’s Christmas storytime with Santa
Yarra Plenty Ranges Library is celebrating the festive season across its branches with Christmas Storytimes crafts and catch-ups. On December 10, Star Weekly photographer Damjan…
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Wilmot re-signs with Brisbane
Brisbane draftee Darcy Wilmot had been a Lion for two days when he walked in to train with a bunch of strangers, blaring “doof doof…
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Greenvale reservoir park is open
Greenvale Reservoir Park has opened to the public, eleven years after it was closed. Victorian Water Minister Gayle Tierney officially reopened the park on 9…
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A new evolution of circus arrives
A circus spectacular is set to light up South Morang in January with exciting performances from fire acts to aerials and jugglers. Rebecca Capener co-produces…
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Local library wins in customer satisfaction
A new report from Public Libraries Victoria has found that Yarra Plenty Regional Library (YPRL) has the most satisfied customers in the state. YPRL chief…
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Council invests in greener turfs
Hume council is continuing to invest in improving the surfaces of green spaces across the municipality. At the 8 December council meeting, a series of…
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Pingers undefeated
Epping made light work of Bundoora United, to make it two from two in the Diamond Valley Cricket Association Barclay Shield summer smash. After winning…
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Council calls for greater road rule enforcement
Hume council is requesting that the state government increases road rule enforcement on Craigieburn Road. At the 8 December council meeting, councillor Jim Overend raised…
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Hume land back on the market
Hume council has extended the window for developers to find a tenant for an “exciting” lot in Broadmeadows’ Hume Central Precinct. Wilbow and Deal Corporation…
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Fatal Somerton crash
Police are investigating a fatal crash in Somerton in which a rolling truck hit a pole that fell on a passing car killing the driver.…













