Northern Star Weekly

  • Kookas start with a bang

    Kookas start with a bang

    Rivergum is enjoying the chance to flex its muscle in some early two-day games in the Diamond Valley Cricket Association Mash Shield. Traditionally a slow…

  • Crotty’s making her mark

    Crotty’s making her mark

    A Broadmeadows basketballer is hoping to take her game to the highest levels after a breakout season. Maddison Crotty was a standout for the Hume…

  • Pair charged following stolen vehicle arrests

    Pair charged following stolen vehicle arrests

    A 29-year-old Tullamarine man and a 24-year-old Sydenham man have been charged following their arrests after a stolen vehicle was spotted allegedly speeding around Shepparton…

  • Second Northern study hub

    Second Northern study hub

    More tertiary students in Melbourne’s outer north now have even greater access to education after the opening of the latest study hub in Epping. Skills…

  • Moves to bring road under council control

    Moves to bring road under council control

    Hume has taken the first step toward declaring a section of road abutting 810 and 860 Summerhill Road in Craigieburn a public highway. Councillors began…

  • Funding for Hume

    Funding for Hume

    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…

  • South Morang continues to shine

    South Morang continues to shine

    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…

  • Council refuses place of worship

    Council refuses place of worship

    A proposal to build a Hindu temple in Whittlesea’s green wedge has been rejected by council. Whittlesea council rejected the application for 330 Grants Road,…

  • Road to nowhere

    Road to nowhere

    Several of Hume and Whittlesea’s intersections have been named among Melbourne’s most dangerous, frustrating and unfit in RACV’s My Melbourne Road Campaign, which surveyed more…

  • Hume backs Ramadan night market

    Hume backs Ramadan night market

    Hume council has taken a step toward establishing a Ramadan night market, moving to explore community-led options for the event. The proposal was initially brought…

  • Lock down your number plates at Thomastown Bunnings

    Lock down your number plates at Thomastown Bunnings

    Bunnings Thomastown is inviting residents to speak with local police and take advantage of having one-way, anti-theft screws fitted to their number plates on the…

  • Epping hit and run

    Epping hit and run

    Police are investigating a hit and run collision in Epping on Wednesday 15 October which left a 54-year-old motorcyclist with serious injuries. Police said the…