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Developer digs deep to keep sport alive
Grassroots sporting clubs have been hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic, with sponsorship evaporating and fundraising all but stopped in its tracks.
But a $10,000...
Call for volunteers to share a love of reading
Melton pupils will receive a helping hand developing their literacy skills thanks to a new Vinnies reading club.
Beginning Wednesday, September 1, the Melton Education...
Melton hit by mystery COVID-19 cases and exposure sites
Authorities are scrambling to find the source of a mystery COVID-19 transmission to a Melton family of three as more than a dozen new...
Drive-through vaccine hub opens
Australia’s first drive-through COVID-19 vaccination hub has opened in Melton.
Operated by Western Health, the hub opened on Monday at the former Bunnings Warehouse site...
Bundles of fun to beat boredom
As Victoria once again enters a snap COVID-19 lockdown, families across the state are thanking a Bacchus Marsh artist for helping them survive the...
Victoria plunged into seven-day lockdown after COVID-19 breakout
Victoria has been plunged back into sudden lockdown for the next seven days from 8pm tonight.
Premier Daniel Andrew announced shortly after 4pm today that...
Epic run highlights power struggle
Kelly Conroy has battled atrocious conditions to spearhead a monumental effort in the community campaign for high-voltage power lines planned to run through Moorabool...
New childcare centre planned for Bacchus Marsh
A new 110-place childcare care centre could be built in Bacchus Marsh under plans recently lodged with Moorabool council.
The $2 million centre has...
Triple Eight lights up a soggy Melton night
Father Brian Glasheen was among the owners celebrating Triple Eight's return to winning ways on Saturday night after the former Kiwi braved the wet...
Kelly running to raise awareness of powerline impact
Kelly Conroy is on a mission.
Growing up on her family’s property in Bunding, near Ballan, she grew to appreciate the wide open skies above...
Cycling adventure beckons for Ballan’s Georgie Rees
Ballan’s Georgie Rees is looking to wheel her way into adventure later this year when she joins an eight-day cycling journey through regional Victoria.
Scheduled...
Council calls for boost to police numbers
Melton council will write to the state government calling for extra police officers to be stationed in the local area.
Councillor Bob Turner brought forward...
Campaign to save ‘dying’ river
Cameron Steele has a stark warning about the fate of the once impressive Moorabool River - act now or watch it die.
The People for...
COVID testing blitz
Benjamin Millar
A COVID-19 outbreak at Bacchus Marsh Grammar school has triggered an urgent testing blitz and forced more than 2300 students into isolation.
Pop-up testing...
Grant helps tackle crime
Melton residents will have their say in how $700,000 of state government funding will be spent on improving community safety and tackling the root...
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Gorton named in under-16 national squad
Ruby Gorton keeps going from strength to strength on the hockey field.
The Eynesbury resident, who has been part of several state sides, has been...
