TAC Cup: Jets down by 56 points
WESTERN Jets fell a game off finals pace at the weekend with its 7.10 (52) to 17.6 (108) defeat against Gippsland Power in Morwell.The...
Bacchus Marsh gun stars in U16s
BACCHUS Marsh's Dillon Viojo-Rainbow was one of Vic Metro's main avenues to goal at the under-16 national championships in Sydney last week.He booted five...
Fiskville: Residents linked to risk site
FEARS are growing that many Moorabool residents who worked at the CFA’s Fiskville training centre before 1999 could have been exposed to cancer-causing chemicals.Since...
NBN appeal prospect for Yendon tower refusal
THE National Broadband Network Co is considering appealing Moorabool Council's decision to reject a planning permit for an internet tower in Yendon.As...
Fiskville: CFA ‘neglected’ toxic sludge
THE United Firefighters Union has accused the CFA of neglecting toxic sludge which contaminated water supplies at the Fiskville training centre.According to an internal...
Kicking in for local groups
HAWTHORN star Jarryd Roughead (right) was at a WestWaters grants presentation last week.The hotel-entertainment complex gave away $25,000 to...
Going, going … but Melton houses aren’t gone
MELTON real estate agents are hopeful property prices won't slump any further with more houses now sitting unsold on the market than at...
Carbon compo a help, but strugglers feel pinch
FEWER Melton families were in need of food relief during June after receiving bonuses of $110 per child as carbon tax compensation.But social...
Toolern Vale dingo expert facing charges
A TOOLERN Vale woman is facing charges over smuggling dingoes to the US.Lyn Watson, co-founder of the Dingo Discovery Centre, which has the world's...
Parents miss contact with kids as contact services lag
HUNDREDS of Melton and Brimbank parents ordered by courts to have visits to their children supervised are waiting months to see them.The waiting time...
Support service in Melton severely stretched
AN increase in young people needing drug and alcohol treatment has a Melton support service stretched to capacity.Four full-time clinicians at the Stepping Up...
Green wedge pledge welcomed
MELTON Council has welcomed an overhaul of urban planning zones that will relax green wedge land restrictions.As part of the biggest zoning changes since...
Matthew born to race
YOUNG Ballan motorcycle rider Matthew Barton's strong form continues in his first year as a senior racer. Barton finished fifth in the second...
Melton urges goverment to manage ‘growing pains’
THE state government is being urged to ramp up infrastructure funding in Melton before two new suburbs pile pressure on to public transport,...
Water-wise boss returns
NEW Western Water managing director Neil Brennan is hoping his local knowledge will help him in his new role.Mr Brennan has returned to the...
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Aldebaran Vera is heading to the Inter Dominion in style
Aldebaran Vera rounded off her Inter Dominion preparation completing back to back wins at Melton in the APG Mares Trotters Free For All on...
