Teal has its appeal
Melton and Caroline Springs residents are being encouraged to paint the town teal for ovarian cancer awareness month.
Residents can show their support for the...
Cool it call on danger days
A Melton veterinarian clinic is urging dog owners to hit “paws” on walking their pets while the summer continues to sizzle.
The clinic issued the...
Blitz highlights safety issues
Speedsters, unregistered vehicles and unlicensed drivers were among the targets of a traffic blitz during the Australia Day long weekend.
Melton Highway Patrol detected 57...
Two men charged over assault of firefighters
Police have charged a man following an alleged assault on two firefighters in Bacchus Marsh last night (February 3).
Emergency services were called to a...
Plumpton clean-up, fines order
A Plumpton property owner has been fined and ordered by the County Court to undertake a clean-up of industrial waste at his property.
The court...
Green light for nature
Melton residents are being encouraged to make their community contributions second nature.
A 10-week Nature Stewards pilot program, run by Outdoors Victoria, is aimed at...
Scouting the world
Caroline Springs Scouts have been expanding their horizons interstate and overseas – and now they’re back and buzzing with stories from their travels.
Dozens of...
Jordyn’s on the charge
Melton’s Jordyn Charge says he exceeded his own expectations after competing at one of speedway’s biggest events.
The 19 year-old raced at the Grand Annual...
Sisters share a class act
The transition to a new school will be extra exciting for Emily and Grace.
Emily, 11, and Grace, seven, this week will be among the...
MY PLACE: Kevin Harper
What’s your connection to Ballan?
I moved from Williamstown to Mount Egerton nearly 20 years ago: the brief was to find a property which ticked...
Bulmans Road on the radar
Melton traffic congestion is on the agenda for VicRoads and an interchange at Bulmans Road in Brookfield is one of the options being explored.
Brookfield...
Tails of delight
Melton dog-owners have an opportunity to change lives by sharing the pet love around.
Animal hospital Lort Smith is calling for volunteers and their well-behaved...
Best of Melton honoured
Community heroes young and young at heart were the toast of the town at Melton’s Australia Day celebrations.
Maureen Mohr was named the municipality’s Citizen...
Hunt for Taylors Lakes gunman
Police are on the hunt for a gunman after he opened fire on a father-to-be and three other men in a suspected carjacking gone...
OAM honour for Marilyn King
Helping other people is in Marilyn King’s blood.
Growing up “incredibly poor” in the central Queensland town of Biloela, her parents were nevertheless known throughout...
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Kaing keeps fighting
At just 13 this month’s Don Deeble winner, Louis Kaing, is a two-time national and three-time state taekwondo champion.
He has just returned...
