Tourism an option for historic Lal Lal station
LAL LAL residents are on track in their bid to transform the town's historic railway station into a bona fide tourist attraction.Lal Lal...
Suite success for Balliang East’s Vern
A BALLIANG East business famous for putting pets in penthouses is up for a pair of state awards.Vern Ryan's Pet Resort is a finalist...
Sole parent welfare cuts ‘pain, no gain’
NOW is not the time to force single parents into the workforce, according to a leading voice in community care.Under federal budget changes, single,...
Coal mine fight: Taking to the steps
LOCAL produce was the centrepiece of an anti-coal protest on the steps of State Parliament on Thursday afternoon.Moorabool Environment Group members joined supporters of...
Coal mine fight: ‘Show us the documents’
MOORABOOL Environment Group (MEG) is demanding greater transparency from the state government over a potential open-cut coal mine.Through freedom of information laws, the group...
Joey an orphan after mum killed with arrows
A kangaroo was left to die in Blackwood after being shot with three metal-tipped arrows.The roo, with a joey in its pouch, was found...
Days of reckoning for pokies damage
THE social and economic costs of problem gambling will be under the spotlight in a new inquiry ordered by the state government.Victorian gamblers...
Hospital ward’s name of honour
MELTON residents are being urged to dig deep and help the Westgate Blue Ribbon Foundation raise funds for a hospital emergency department named in...
Melton tip fee rise ‘will add to illegal dumping’
GATE fees at Melton Council's recycling centre have increased only in part because of the carbon tax.This comes after the council estimated the tax...
Chances widened at The Gap
THE launch of a day service will create new opportunities for Melton residents with a disability. The Mambourin service, at The Gap in Graham...
Man charged over western suburbs burglary spree
Police have charged a man after a spate of residential burglaries across the western suburbs. The man, 34, of no fixed address, was...
Moorabool crop’s the good oil
A FORMER potato farmer is harvesting fields of pleasant-looking flowers in Moorabool.Brian Hanrahan (pictured) says while it's often confused with garden-variety daisies, pyrethrum is...
St Andrews choristers tune up
BACCHUS Marsh's St Andrews choir will sing at its first concert for the year this Sunday.The group, which includes Steve Aldridge, Gill Loughman,...
Ballan pavilion opened
Ballan's new community pavilion was opened by Moorabool mayor Pat Toohey and Western Victoria MP Simon Ramsay during half-time in Saturday's Ballan-Gordon...
Taskforce set up to curb vandalism
MORE than 50 cars have had their windscreens smashed and panels damaged in a spate of attacks in the north-west suburbs in the past...
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Lions finals focus
Bacchus Marsh Lions have been building to this moment for the past three seasons in the Country Basketball League men’s north-west.
Having made the finals...
