Tag: Melton
Rockbank switches on to NBN
Rockbank residents can now access high-speed internet via the National Broadband Network.
About 280 homes and businesses in Rockbank are expected to switch on to...
Cottrell corridor vital link
A $5000 community grant will help the Pinkerton Landcare and Environment Group maintain a vital wildlife corridor at Mt Cottrell and nurture the bird...
Darren Stanley Shield adds spice to Melton derby
Melton and Melton South will have an extra reason to win in the opening round of the Ballarat Football League season.
Encounters don’t come much...
Mum and son in hair-raising fun
If Kai was looking for a way to stand out from the crowd – he’s found it.
The Melton South eight year-old, who celebrates his...
Noise call made on Melton cars
Two drivers are facing $800 fines and another four were served with official warnings for noisy vehicles in Melton.
Environment Protection Authority Victoria (EPA) officers...
Let’s talk youth mental health
A footy star and entertainers are teaming up to inspire people to talk about youth mental health at an interactive forum in Melton next...
RSPCA investigates dumped cat
A cat that was locked in a bird cage bound with rope and then dumped in a Kurunjang park is now in safe hands...
Wise ways to save water
Melton and Moorabool students are tackling water sustainability issues thanks to $12,000 in grants from Western Water.
Three schools have received grants as part of...
MY MELTON: Karen Ellis
What is your connection to Melton?
I lived here for a short time in the early 1980s and worked in a large local organisation. My...
Easter delivery of eggs and iPads
The local community has helped a Ballan family raise more than $5000 to give children with autism an opportunity to learn through technology.
Keeley’s Cause,...
Grease is the word
It will be all go for these seven dancers as they make their debut in Grease - The Arena Experience this week.
Melton’s Jordan, Shayla,...
Free vaccine for teenagers
More teens across the western suburbs will be better protected against meningococcal with the extension of a free vaccination program.
The statewide meningococcal vaccination program...
Hoops hopes on the rise
If determination and work ethic have anything to do with it, Alieu Chol will be taking his basketball talent to the world.
The 19-year-old has...
May marks 100 years
There’s a letter from the Queen coming for May Cowman.
The long-time Melton resident will be 100 next Friday and says she would prefer to...
Police want your bikes
Caroline Springs police are calling on residents to donate old bikes for its Fix the Cycle program.
People serving community-based orders involved in the program...
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Christmas feasts accelerate food waste
A Senior Research Fellow from RMIT University has prompted the question of whether society needs to rethink its food consumption habits at Christmas.
Dr...
