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Two men charged with rape over Melton sexual assaults
Two men have been charged with rape over a series of sexual assaults in the Melton area over the past 12 months. Detectives from the…
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Roadmap to freedom
Victoria’s roadmap out of COVID-19 lockdown has been revealed as the number of active COVID-19 cases in the Melton area grows to almost 200. Premier…
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Mega-prize set to brighten a day
Like so many people impacted by the COVID-19 lockdown, Melton florist Linsey Ramage has been doing it tough. But when a customer of her business…
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Growing pride in booming Melton
The City of Melton is booming. A rapidly growing population, significant business investment and a fast-moving infrastructure pipeline have made the area one of Victoria’s…
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Wyatt living with rare plight
Wyatt Yeoman spent his first three weeks of life in hospital, struggling to breathe on his own. A doctor at the Royal Children’s Hospital diagnosed…
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Social housing blitz begins
Millions of dollars will be spent building dozens of new homes across Melton and Moorabool under the first $1 billion worth of allocation of funds…
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Arrests target dirt bike danger
Police have arrested two unlicenced dirt bike riders as part of their investigation into groups of riders menacing pedestrians and drivers around Melton and Moorabool…
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Funds to restart Melton’s heart
The heart of Melton will receive a funding boost in a bid to bring shoppers back to businesses hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic. A…
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Community Calendar
Want your event listed? Community Calendar is made available free of charge to not-for-profit organisations to keep the public informed of special events and activities.…
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Melton rolls out green bins
Property owners and tenants will be offered a green waste bin and second hard waste collection under a shake-up of waste services across the Melton…
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Boost to speed up Melton vax rates
A vaccination blitz is underway in Melton as new figures reveal the area has one of the lowest vaccination rates in Australia. New data from…
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Vaccination blitz targets hotspots
Lockdown restrictions remain eased in Moorabool despite a growing number of new COVID-19 cases being detected in Bacchus Marsh and other regional areas. The five…
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Owl rescue one for the books
An unexpected visitor has made quite a flap at Melton Library. Customer service officer Guy Kennedy was shelving magazines at the library recently when he…
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New pathway to make a splash
Darley and Maddingley will be linked by a new walking and cycling corridor through Bacchus Marsh as part of the ‘Aqualink’ project. Aqualink’s proposed 4.5…
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Doomed dome demolished
An iconic Ballan home has been demolished to make way for a proposed retirement village. Built by Tony Clarke on a Denholms Road property in…
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