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Bilingual Kinder applications open
Language immersion has a profound positive impact on children’s learning and applications are now open for early childhood services, including those from Melton and...
Wreckers ablaze in Melton
About 40 firefighters battled to control a blaze at a wrecking yard on Collins Road, Melton on Wednesday.
Emergency services arrived to find a large...
Two men arrested as part of investigation into organised crime dispute
A 32-year-old Caroline Springs man is one of two people arrested as part of an investigation into an altercation in Ravenhall earlier this month.
Police...
Police investigate Darley burglary
Police are appealing for information following a burglary in Darley in April.
It is understood two women entered a residential address in the vicinity of...
My Place
Denise Morris is the chief executive of Combined Churches Caring Melton (CCCM), a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to helping people access food support, budget education,...
Crosswords and chess may help more than socialising in avoiding dementia
Computer use, crosswords and games like chess are more strongly associated with older people avoiding dementia than knitting, painting or socialising, a Monash University...
Baad weather has put sheep in high supply
Australia’s sheep flock and its breeding ewe numbers have reached their highest levels since 2007 following three consecutive years of above-average rainfall in Australia’s...
Join Australia’s largest tree planting event
Melton council and Planet Ark are inviting residents to dig in and do something good for nature and their community as part of National...
Sign up for the 2023 Djerriwarrh Street Parade
In anticipation for the 2023 Djerriwarrh Festival in November, Melton council is calling on all schools, community groups, service and sport clubs join in...
New peak body for Moorabool tourism launches
A new peak body responsible for boosting tourism to Moorabool and surrounds has officially launched and elected its first chairperson.
Tourism Midwest Victoria (TMV)...
Naidoc Ball returns to the west
Tabcorp Park hosted the first NAIDOC Ball in the west in a decade on Saturday, July 15, in a night for Aboriginal community from...
MEGT celebrates a year in the west
Workforce Australia Services provider Melbourne Eastern Group Training (MEGT) has celebrated 12 months of operations in the western suburbs, revealing it’s helped over 5,000...
From the archives
30 years ago
July 21, 1993
The Bacchus Marsh Neighbourhood House Program - in limbo since October last year - will not be refunded, according to...
New principal has a community vision for Brookfield
Jean Bentley has been selected to be the first principal of Brookfield Primary School (interim name).
The school will be located on the developing...
Trek crosses into familiar territory
‘Haven’t we met somewhere before?’ sprung to mind on my first encounter with the Subaru Crosstrek, for there is a lot in common here...
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Social group for seniors
A new group for Melton's senior residents is hoping to spread the message that "life is better together".
Life Activities Club Victoria launched an over-50s...
