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  • Start your engines, Bacchus Marsh

    Start your engines, Bacchus Marsh

    Melton & Moorabool Star Weekly

    Get set for engines to roar and propellers to spin as Bacchus Marsh Wings, Wheels, and Coffee returns for 2026, promising a high-octane day where…

  • Romsey’s last stop

    Romsey’s last stop

    Sunbury & Macedon Ranges Star Weekly

    There’s only one bus service that connects Sunbury to Macedon Ranges towns like Romsey and Lancefield. The bus service operates just nine times a day,…

  • Funding available to hold events in Hume

    Funding available to hold events in Hume

    Northern Star Weekly

    Grant applications are now open for community and commercial event organisers looking to bring the Hume community together. The grants support small community and neighbourhood…

  • All lanes open on Epping Road

    All lanes open on Epping Road

    Northern Star Weekly

    All lanes are now open on Epping Road after years of major works. The four-kilometre stretch of upgraded lanes opened in December and will boost…

  • Concerns over median strip growth

    Concerns over median strip growth

    Brimbank & Northwest Star Weekly

    Brimbank residents have expressed safety concerns about significant grass and weed growth on median strips across the municipality that have remained unattended. Local Chris Vella…

  • Two charged following SOG arrests

    Two charged following SOG arrests

    Brimbank & Northwest Star Weekly

    Police have charged two men following their arrests by the Special Operations Group (SOG) in Melton West on Tuesday 13 January. The arrests in High…

  • Somerton crash information appeal

    Somerton crash information appeal

    Northern Star Weekly

    Police are appealing for witnesses to a fatal crash in Somerton in December. Police said that an orange garbage truck was travelling north on Hume…

  • Turkish coffee and conversation

    Turkish coffee and conversation

    Wyndham Star Weekly

    The Turkish Coffee Club Project was presented to Wyndham council on Tuesday 2 December, outlining the struggles of older Turkish and Turkish Cypriot ladies in…

  • Steep ramps a station safety hazard

    Steep ramps a station safety hazard

    Maribyrnong & Hobsons Bay Star Weekly

    A woman who fell and injured herself at Newport Station late last year claims its platform ramps are too steep and don’t comply with disability…

Sport


  • Imports bolster Wyndham

    Imports bolster Wyndham

    Wyndham Star Weekly

    Wyndham has locked in a couple of key pieces as the side prepares for the Big V women’s division 1 competition. Dropping down to division…

  • Bulldogs too good

    Bulldogs too good

    Northern Star Weekly

    Bundoora United won the local battle as the Diamond Valley Cricket Association Summer Smash competition resumed on Tuesday night. Playing in pool A of the…

  • Woodend stands up

    Woodend stands up

    Sunbury & Macedon Ranges Star Weekly

    Woodend is hoping its win on Saturday against Gisborne will kick start its Gisborne and District Cricket Association McIntyre Cup season. Last season’s minor premiers…

  • Wright retires

    Wright retires

    Brimbank & Northwest Star Weekly

    Former Keilor star Sarah Wright has called it a day on her AFLW career. Wright played 61 games at North Melbourne since arriving at the…

  • Ageless Bulletproof Boy defends Bendigo Cup crown

    Ageless Bulletproof Boy defends Bendigo Cup crown

    Melton & Moorabool Star Weekly

    The ageless Bulletproof Boy has put himself in the firing line to more than double his stake earnings by the end of the summer after…

  • Cricket is back

    Cricket is back

    Northern Star Weekly

    Westmeadows has a red hot chance to upset a top four team, while Craigieburn’s top order again failed to fire in the return of the…

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  • Serving up more public transport for Australian Open

    Serving up more public transport for Australian Open

    Wyndham Star Weekly

    Thousands of extra public transport services will be available for tennis fans heading to the Australian Open. Public and Active Transport Minister Gabrielle Williams announced…

  • Resource centre provides heat respite

    Resource centre provides heat respite

    Maribyrnong & Hobsons Bay Star Weekly

    Footscray’s Asylum Seeker Resource Centre is used to helping people in need, but on Friday 9 January that assistance looked slightly different than usual. With…

  • Dumping rebate welcomed

    Dumping rebate welcomed

    Wyndham Star Weekly

    Wyndham council has welcomed the state government’s dumping clean-up rebate. The state government recently opened the illegal dumping clean-up rebate program, through which councils and…

  • Register for free business expo

    Register for free business expo

    Wyndham Star Weekly

    Local businesses are encouraged to register for one of the area’s biggest networking opportunities. Exhibitor applications are open until 8 March for local businesses to…

  • Community members wanted for council committees

    Community members wanted for council committees

    Maribyrnong & Hobsons Bay Star Weekly

    Maribyrnong council is seeking expressions of interest from members of the public to join three of its advisory committees. Those interested in joining council’s active…

  • Pool party cancelled

    Pool party cancelled

    Sunbury & Macedon Ranges Star Weekly

    Macedon Ranges council has advised that the Woodend Pool Party will no longer go ahead. The event, which was scheduled for Wednesday 14 January at…

  • Dementia grants now open

    Dementia grants now open

    Northern Star Weekly

    Dementia Australia has opened applications for a new round of Community Engagement grants for up to 12 dementia-friendly community initiatives. Dementia Australia CEO Professor Tanya…

  • Tumbleweed takeover

    Tumbleweed takeover

    Melton & Moorabool Star Weekly

    Residents across Melbourne’s west are being warned to prepare for possible tumbleweed impacts over summer, following higher-than-average rainfall in spring and early summer. The City…

  • Council invests in senior centre

    Council invests in senior centre

    Northern Star Weekly

    Hume council will invest in upgrades to the Gladstone Park Senior Citizens Centre in the 2026/2027 budget. The plan to invest in the site was…

  • Council services Australia Day hours

    Council services Australia Day hours

    Northern Star Weekly

    Some Hume council services will be impacted or closed during the upcoming Australia Day public holiday on Monday 26 January. Customer service centres will be…