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Blackwood residents still holding on for sewerage connection
About 70 people have attended a meeting to discuss Blackwood’s long-promised sewerage connection and to try to avoid the reputation of being the state’s “most…
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Melton council budget passes, with rate rise
Melton council adopted its 2014-15 budget last week despite receiving almost 200 submissions relating to its 4.8 per cent rates rise. The motion to adopt…
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Use your brains, Melton student Tegan urges teens
A Melton teenager is urging her peers to “think before you act” and consider the potentially devastating consequences of their actions. Catholic Regional College student…
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Diggers Rest Hotel decision on hold, again
The future of the Diggers Rest Hotel still hangs in the balance. At its meeting last week, Melton council resolved to defer, for no more…
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Melton South Primary School goes 3D for geography project
New Zealand, Australia, Iceland, China, Chile – few territories went uncharted when Melton South Primary School grade 5 pupils proudly created 3D maps of their…
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Cop chopper a mystery no more in Bacchus Marsh
The curiosity of several Bacchus Marsh residents was raised when a police helicopter was seen hovering over Masons Lane on June 22. Moorabool Inspector Brendon…
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Melton mum’s on the cause to help others
A Melton mother is using her business skills to help out the local community and encourages other residents to follow suit. Jo McLinden is an…
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Greens campaign for more trains on Ballarat line
The duplication of the Ballarat train line and a push for renewable energy are at the forefront of the Greens’ campaign for the state election.…
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Melton celebrates local refugees with goodwill gesture
Melton council last week marked World Refugee Day with councillors, staff and local refugees writing messages of hope on corriboard doves and placing them on…
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Grant Street prang ‘no surprise’ in Bacchus Marsh
A Bacchus Marsh resident was left “shaking and scared” after a truck on Grant Street sideswiped her car and bent a door. Karen Trask had…
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Residents give tick of approval for key Moorabool projects
Moorabool’s top seven priority projects for which the council will seek government funding have been met with residents’ approval. Moorabool council has fine-tuned and formalised…
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Melton land demand driving property growth
Unit sales across Melton rose significantly last year, according to a new real estate report. Research by PRDnationwide shows sales for units and vacant land…
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‘Shocked’ parents fight to save Darley gymnastics program
A move to axe a Darley gymnastics program attended by more than 210 students has left the budding young gymnasts and their parents “shocked and…
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Black spot at Navigators and Yankee Flat road to be fixed
A perilous traffic black spot in Warrenheip will be fixed, thanks to $57,000 in federal government funding. The work to improve the trouble spot at…
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Wedge Park Primary School lunches go online
The paper-bag lunch order has become old hat at Wedge Park primary school, as the canteen jumps onboard with a system allowing parents to pay…
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