Sunbury & Macedon Ranges Star Weekly

  • Crime on the rise

    Crime on the rise

    Crime has risen in Hume and the Macedon Ranges, according to the latest quarterly statistics released by the agency responsible for tracking Victoria’s crime. In…

  • Speed reduction in the pipeline

    Speed reduction in the pipeline

    The Department of Transport and Planning (DTP) is in the early stages of planning for safer speed limits on Vineyard Road, with residents welcoming the…

  • Subscribe, for facts sake

    Subscribe, for facts sake

    On World News Day (28 September) we are reminded of a truth that cannot be ignored and this is that facts matter. In an era…

  • Kyneton flush with anger

    Kyneton flush with anger

    Kyneton residents are outraged after the closure of public toilets on the corner of Piper and Ebden streets. Macedon Ranges council announced the decision on…

  • Food co-op comes to Sunbury

    Food co-op comes to Sunbury

    Residents of Sunbury and beyond now have access to a new grocery co-op that helps support Victorian farmers. Beck Alexander has joined Box Divvy in…

  • Bombers premiership coach steps down

    Bombers premiership coach steps down

    Two-time Riddell premiership coach Arron Bray has made the shock decision to step down as coach of the Riddell District Football League club. Bray, who…

  • Back-to-back for Watts

    Back-to-back for Watts

    Macedon’s Ruby Watts completed the perfect season as she won a second straight Riddell District Football League women’s best and fairest award. Watts was again…

  • Mayor slams truck disruption

    Mayor slams truck disruption

    Hume council has vowed to allocate all necessary and available resources to tackle the movement of hundreds of trucks each day through Canterbury Hills Estate…

  • Seniors Festival film screening

    Seniors Festival film screening

    As part of this year’s Victorian Seniors Festival, there will be a free screening in Sunbury of the 2018 documentary film, The Coming Back Out…

  • Gisborne’s application to move leagues knocked back

    Gisborne’s application to move leagues knocked back

    Gisborne says it won’t play in the Bendigo Football Netball League next year despite its application to join the Ballarat Football Netball League being knocked.…

  • Don’t bug out: It’s expo time

    Don’t bug out: It’s expo time

    Visitors and exhibitors will be coming from far and wide to Woodend for the 2025 National Insect Expo. Hailed as the largest insect exhibition in…

  • Art worth a second look

    Art worth a second look

    The first weekend of October will be extra busy for the Woodend Lions Club, with two big events planned for the community. On Saturday, October…