Mission accomplished at Mudderella
There was no room for princesses or glass slippers in Myrniong on Saturday.
About 2000 women from across the state descended on St Anne’s Winery...
Teenager struck by car on Western Freeway
A 14-year-old Melton boy was airlifted to The Alfred Hospital in a serious condition following an accident on the Western Freeway on Saturday night.
Police...
‘LOL-nado’ leads to online merriment
You'd think Thursday's of a announcement of a tornado warning would have everyone concerned - but when you live between Melbourne and Ballarat there's no...
Land conservation group seeks committee members
One of the state’s largest revegetation and land conservation programs is looking for community members to join a new advisory committee.
The new committee will...
Staughton College takes a stand against violence
Staughton College students are sending a loud and clear message to their community: there’s no room for violence.
As part of Community West’s Love Bites...
Calls for toll subsidies to cut local truck traffic
Maribyrnong council is calling for subsidies to encourage freight trucks off inner-west residential streets and on to existing and future toll roads.
The council will...
Blackwood mobile phone tower given go-ahead
A hard-fought campaign for mobile phone coverage at Blackwood is finally making headway with Moorabool council last week granting Telstra a planning permit to...
Bacchus Marsh masseur jailed for sex attacks
A Bacchus Marsh masseur who turned sexual predator and assaulted numerous female clients aged from 16 to their 60s has been denounced as a...
Bacchus Marsh CFA remembers heroic firefighter
Seventy-one years ago, Bacchus Marsh firefighter Gus Spargo saved the life of teenager Terence Shields and was later given a Country Fire Authority lifesaving...
Secret to living to 100? A wonderful family
Elsie Coote just celebrated her 100th birthday and puts down her longevity to having family around her.
Ms Coote celebrated her centenary year at the...
Moorabool and Melton elect new mayors
Cambridge ward councillor Kathy Majdlik has been elected unopposed as the new mayor of Melton, with Cr Renata Cugliari as her deputy.
Cr Cugliari nominated...
Djerriwarrh Health Services board sacked
The entire board was last week formally sacked at the Bacchus Marsh hospital where seven baby deaths in two years are being investigated.
The eight...
Man fights for life after Kurunjang shooting
A quiet street in Kurunjang has been rocked by a shooting on Friday night that has left a man fighting for life.
One man, in his...
Irrigation update urged
The irrigation of market garden areas in Werribee South and Bacchus Marsh needs drastic changes – and they need to happen quickly.
That’s the verdict...
Kurunjang school’s greatest shave
It’s not every day you get to shave your teacher’s bushy beard.
But Kurunjang Secondary College students have spent the past month gearing up for...
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Calling all women for the ultimate girls weekend
Camping is one of the best activities to do in the summer for everyone, but what if you just want an all-girls camping experience?
Glamping...
