Ravenhall remand centre lockdown | Update
UPDATE: A dramatic 15 hour siege at the Metropolitan Remand Centre in Ravenhall ended at 3am on Wednesday when Corrections Victoria took charge of all...
Council slammed over mural censoring
A Yarraville artist has expressed surprise at Maribyrnong council censoring part of a mural he created to celebrate the Yarraville community.
A team led by...
Kids let parents play
Late-night training, early-morning matches, long-distance travel – the efforts of parents generally go unnoticed during footy season.
But it’s adults, as well as children, who...
Heated words in budget debate
A 4.4 per cent rate rise didn’t sit well with Melton councillor Lara Carli.
For the third year in a row, the Watts ward representative...
Blackwood’s getting on the grid
Blackwood’s days as a black spot for mobile coverage are numbered, thanks to new infrastructure funding.
A new mobile base station will be constructed within...
Back on track
A re-enactment of Victorian railways steam locomotive R707’s 1985 inaugural tour to Bacchus Marsh will be the first leg of week-long celebrations of the...
VCAT gives nod to mosque
Melton councillors have expressed concerns about a Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal decision to allow the construction of a mosque in Melton South.
VCAT over-ruled...
Art makes a difference
Blair Angelo hopes to learn as much as he will teach about pottery making in Vanuatu.
The 61-year-old will head to the island later this...
Honouring soldiers from Coimadai
A new Avenue of Honour lined with eucalypts will mark the significant contribution the small rural village of Coimadai made to World War I.
An...
App marks the spot
A virtual world built from memories and real-life events at St Anthony of Padua Primary School hit digital screens last week.
During second term, Arena...
Derailed by timetable
Melton commuters have given the new Regional Rail Link service from Ballarat the thumbs down, as services to and from the area have been...
Melton West PS pears up up with planet
With the one gesture, Melton West Primary School is honouring its school captains and looking after the planet.
At a ceremony last week, the school...
Anger over $14,000 Mexican ‘junket’
Melton council has come under fire for “wasting” ratepayer money on an extravagant overseas conference in Mexico.
Watts ward councillor Lara Carli has criticised the...
Fiskville Farmers face livestock ban
Fiskville farmers could be banned from selling their livestock, if recommendations of the parliamentary inquiry into the Country Fire Authority training college are implemented.
An...
Questions marks over Western Distributor under Yarraville
A boost in public transport spending and moving more freight via rail could kill the need for the proposed Western Distributor, a public forum...
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Rough road for drivers
More than 300 people have signed a petition to halt the closure of the Holden Road level crossing.
The level crossing on the Sunbury...
