Tag: community
Big fans of local grants
Nearly a dozen local community projects have been given a boost, following the announcement of grants from the Lal Lal Wind Farms.
The grants from...
A lesson in safe driving
Road safety was front and centre at Staughton College last week, with a group of year 12 students taking in a presentation to help...
Report predicts horror commute
Commuters from Bacchus Marsh to Melbourne are expected to experience some of the biggest delays in the city in future, according to a new...
It’s the one that you want
It may be the depths of winter, but Bacchus Marsh is preparing for some Summer Nights as the new production of Grease hits town...
Still working hard, 60 years down the track
Not many people entering the workforce today could imagine themselves still in the same field six decades later, but for Mick Collins that is...
Green light for overpass sign
A large electronic advertising sign is set to be installed on the Hopkins Road overpass of the Western Highway, following a ruling by the...
Recycling sent to tip
Moorabool council will be forced to send kerbside recycling material to landfill following the closure of recycling company SKM.
SKM was declared insolvent by the...
Students find time to waste
Melton Secondary College has taken the first steps towards a greener future, after conducting its first waste audit last week.
The school, which has previously...
Feel the need to read
Local children are encouraged to pick up a book throughout August, as the MS Readathon hots up.
The long-standing fundraiser supports participants to read as...
Hope for youth services
A year after launching its mobile youth outreach service, Hope Street Youth and Family Services has already doubled its anticipated numbers.
The program launched in...
MPs take highway fight higher
A campaign to upgrade the Western Highway has clicked into gear again, with local MPs raising the issue in federal Parliament recently.
Federal members Catherine...
Banking on the kids
Shoppers in Ballan could not miss a special visitor last month, and it was all for a special cause.
A giant piggy bank, stretching three...
Pokies record for Melton
Melton gamblers lost a record amount on gaming machines in the past 12 months, continuing a six-year trend of growing losses.
Almost $68 million was...
Got that country feel
Kurunjang country singer Kerryn Fields has always had music coursing through her body.
After growing up in New Zealand listening to her parents vinyl records,...
Honouring excellence
Thirty local businesses are in the running for the 2019 City of Melton Business Excellence Awards, after the finalists were announced last week.
A range...