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Moorabool budget: $17m for capital works

Moorabool council says it is setting “a clear direction for the future” with the draft 2016-2017 budget, which it approved last week. The budget, which...

Cat loses leg in illegal trap

Moorabool council is investigating after a Bacchus Marsh cat was caught in an illegal steel trap and had one of its legs amputated. Sebby went...

Death row for Jackie Chan

Jackie Chan the roaming ram might have just 14 days left to live. Moorabool council decided this week that the 10-year-old house-raised marino will be impounded...

Police seek war medals’ owner

Police are looking for the owner of war medals found in an allegedly stolen car in Melton South. The car was found in Porter Street,...

Moorabool roads left out of state budget

Moorabool council is calling on the state government to explain why urgent roadworks in Bacchus Marsh were left off the state budget projections last...

Library trolleys fill a recess

When a Gisborne carpenter donated a mobile library to Melton South Primary School last year, pupils and teachers unleashed their creativity. What better way to...

Housing stress relief on way for elderly

Struggling elderly residents need not live in poor-quality housing thanks to a new state government-funded program. Home at Last, launched last month by Moorabool council,...

New sterile unit for Bacchus Marsh hospital

Work has started on building a new $2.9million sterile supply unit at Bacchus Marsh and Melton Regional Hospital. Initial preparation of the new hospital site...

Darley shooter comes home with gold

Bruce Hynam proved just how much of a sharp-shooter he is at the recent Victoria Police and Emergency Services Games. The Darley clay target shooter...

Mum and daughter get the chop for charity

A Plumpton mother and daughter are preparing to lop off their long golden locks for charity. Caitlin Wahlert and Alicia Pansino, 7, are planning to...

Push to keep Fiskville

The state budget, handed down last week, responded to the closure of CFA Fiskville by providing $46.2 million to establish a new firefighting training...

Classes put students in a pickle

Whether you fancy pickled cabbage, a tomato and apple chutney or cured meat, Melton’s next culinary event will have you covered. At the free presentation,...

Speedsters nabbed in Anzac road blitz.

The Anzac Day weekend road blitz picked up 36 speeding drivers on Melton roads. Operation Tribute also detected six disqualified drivers, six unlicensed drivers, three...

Support for bereaved Bacchus Marsh mums

Katarina Butigan and her partner Anthony Cook were devastated by the death of their daughter during childbirth on August 4, 2014. “It wasn’t supposed to...

High Street bridge works finished

Roadworks on Melton’s High Street bridge have finished and vehicle load limits have been removed. Lanes in both directions on High Street, between Melton Valley...

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Cricket pioneer honoured

One of the pioneers of women's cricket in Australia, Raelee Thompson, was left “flabbergasted” when she learned she was appointed as a Member of...

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