Tag: News
Community batteries a bright idea
As more houses and buildings in Australia continue to install solar panels, community batteries are one way that neighbourhoods can reduce overall energy usage,...
Community Calendar
Want your event listed? Community Calendar is made available free of charge to not-for-profit organisations to keep the public informed of special events and...
Victorians urged to keep up to date with cancer checks
The state government is calling on Victorians, including those in Melton and Moorabool, to make sure their cancer screenings checks are up to date...
Containers for the kids
Victoria’s new Container Deposit Scheme (CDS) is making it easy for Victorians, including those in Melton and Moorabool, to donate their container refunds to...
Celebrate autumn
One of Moorabool’s biggest and best community festivals is returning on Sunday, March 17.
Ballan Autumn Festival is an annual celebration of local culture,...
172-year-old Easter tradition returns
The famous festival at “Victoria’s prettiest sportsground” is back this Easter Saturday, March 30.
The Blackwood Woodchop & Easter Carnival will kick off with...
Mr Lucky blesses another winner
A Melton couple has confessed to feeling a sense of ‘incredulity’ after discovering they’d bagged more than $680,000 in a recent TattsLotto draw.
The...
Scoreboard to settle
Melton council has taken stock of scoreboards at sports reserves within the municipality, and is planning to take upgrades to this year’s budget deliberations....
Better protections for Melton’s Green Wedge
The Green Wedges Coalition has welcomed a decision by Melton council to adopt a plan to properly manage the Western Plains South Green Wedge.
Green...
‘Erratic’ driver nabbed
A 30-year-old Caroline Springs man had his vehicle impounded for 30 days at a cost of $932.40 and had his licence suspended for 12...
Detectives investigate lewd act on Kurunjang bus
Police are investigating after a man performed a lewd act on a bus in Kurunjang in December.
Police were told a man got on a...
Join Zonta for IWD
Zonta Club of Melton is celebrating International Women's Day (IWD) with a celebration dinner on March 14 at the Melton Country Club.
IWD is...
New ZINE for Moorabool youth
Moorabool Youth Services is holding a special afternoon tea to celebrate the launch of its inaugural Youth ZINE on March 15.
Youth ZINE is...
Budget wish-list for urban fringe councils
Peri Urban Councils Victoria (PUCV) has made a pitch to the federal government for a bigger slice of the federal funding pie to avoid...
Six arrested for Tobacco import
Six north-western suburbs men including one from Fraser Rise have been charged for allegedly trying to import 10 million illicit cigarettes into Victoria after...
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Warriors made to pay
The Western Warriors will go back to basics after the most disappointing performance of their short history in the Victorian Netball League championship.
After falling...
