Tag: community
Missed chances to save mother
Recommendations from the Royal Commission into Family Violence (RCFV) may have saved a Melton West woman murdered by her partner in 2014, according to...
Funding win for seniors
Melton seniors will soon be better connected thanks to a new state government grant.
Local MP Steve McGhie last week announced that Melton City Council’s...
Jobs boost for Melton
The unemployment rate in Melton has improved dramatically in the past 12 months according to new figures, but it is still almost three times...
Career change pays off for Kirsty
Six years after turning her back on a burgeoning law career, Kirsty Milne is making her mark in a more creative field.
Looking for more...
All keen to be green
Catholic Regional College Melton is going green this week, with the opening of their school production of Little Shop of Horrors.
The classic musical about...
Brigade needs new members
The Rowsley Fire Brigade is looking for new members, with a recruitment push over the winter months.
The Brigade, which has suffered from a diminishing...
Planting an idea of hope
The new Melton Health and Community Services building continues to take shape, with the opening of a new indigenous garden last week.
The garden, which...
Council waste in banned rubbish
By James Massola, Chris Vedelago and Amilia Rosa/The Age
Australian company Visy Recycling was behind the export of a container of plastic waste – including...
Hospital delivers big baby boom
Moorabool is in the midst of a baby boom, with a record number of births in the last financial year.
Across the 2018-19 year, 408...
Work takes Centre stage
Melton will soon have a new learning and training hub, following the start of the next phase of construction of the new Melton Central...
Money support for all sorts of Melton sport
Two Melton sports clubs will help get more locals active thanks to some government assistance.
Melton Bowling Club and Melton Hockey Club will each receive...
Flower show funds tweak
Moorabool council has approved more than $175,000 in community grants, but one event was approved even though it failed to meet the council’s own...
Old toy time at Reading Cinema
With blockbuster movie Toy Story 4 sweeping through theatres, Reading Cinema’s in Melton are preparing to send some pre-loved toys on a new adventure.
The...
Feedback forum on runway plan
By Tate Papworth and Ewen McRae
A workshop to get community feedback on the new Melbourne Airport runway will be held in Melton.
The airport last...
Council moves on land package
A long-standing plan to rezone a large portion of land north of Ballan for residential use is a step closer to fruition, following last...
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A patch of grassland paradise
In the heart of Sunbury sits a grassland considered to be the best left in Melbourne, as Oscar Parry discovered.
What might first appear as...
