Tag: Melton
Funds flow for farm water
Farms from Parwan to Balliang are a step closer to accessing better water supplies.
The Western Water board has approved funding for the planning phase...
Welding whizz sparkles
Dylan Gibbs has a burning ambition to be the best at his trade.
The 22-year-old Melton South welding apprentice was up against many of the...
Patients to travel for physio
Low income patients will no longer have access to subsidised physiotherapy at Caroline Springs from August.
The Caroline Springs Community Health Centre – operated by...
Bus catches fire on freeway
Fifteen people were evacuated from a bus after it caught fire on the freeway last Saturday.
The bus was Melbourne-bound on the Western Freeway when...
State splashes funds for public safety
Tightening up security measures around open public spaces will be easier across the west thanks to the state government’s latest funding boost.
Councils and community...
MY MELTON: Glenda Meddings
What is your connection to Melton?
We bought our first home here in the 1970s, as it was affordable and we loved the rural...
Hope lives in Melton
A new art installation is aimed at spreading a message of hope in Melton.
Sign of Hope, set up at Woodgrove Shopping Centre, was created...
Kids look to the future
What do you want to be when you grow
up?
That was the question on the minds of Coburn Primary School pupils last week.
New Zealand children’s...
Thieves leave sports in the dark
Football games at Arnolds Creek and Bridge Road recreation reserves were cancelled or relocated last week after thieves made off with copper electrical cabling...
A state of pride
Luciia Leaoseve and Shawna Fifita say “league is life”.
The Hillside residents both made the Victorian women’s state rugby league team that took out the...
Convicts in the family
Janeen O’Connell wanted to bring to light a dark “family secret” she says has been kept too long.
The Strathtulloh author recently released her first...
Respect reaps rewards
Parents will be learning alongside their children at an upcoming forum about relationship building.
Students at Brookside P- 9 College have been participating in the...
Home detox gains momentum
Melton residents have been busy detoxing their homes of 1.32 tonnes of dangerous chemicals for safe disposal at transfer stations in the past month.
Sustainability...
Josip already a winner
Josip Hercog is living his dream.
The young sports fan from Fraser Rise is bound for Russia in June to attend the FIFA World Cup...
Fundraising by foot
Adam Miller is facing a mammoth challenge – Melton to Wodonga by foot.
And he reckons he may be a bit under-done.
The father of two...
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Keep kids active over the holidays to limit screen time
Vacation care, sports programs, or performing arts – whatever your child’s interests, researchers say that adding structure to the school holiday is a great...
