Ease through your weekend by taking a look at our best stories across the network this week.
Brimbank & North West Star Weekly reported that the Sunshine Hospital would start construction of its new children’s ward in July after a year-long public appeal by the Western Health Foundation raised $1.1 million.
The Sunvale site saga (below) took another twist, when the eastern half was sold to private developer for $4.2 million.
Maribyrnong & Hobsons Bay Star Weekly reported that more than half of Footscray’s Western Hospital needed to be demolished and urgently rebuilt, according to a briefing document prepared for the state government.
Residents of a Seddon street were mourning the loss of a popular tree swing (below) in what they have labelled as unnecessary lopping of tree limbs.
A move to axe a Darley gymnastics program left youngsters and their parents “shocked and devastated”, as highlighted in the Melton & Moorabool Star Weekly.
A Melton West resident was “frustrated and very, very disappointed”, after her dream home became a nightmare.
Northern Star Weekly reported that Planning Minister Matthew Guy offered to overturn a Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal decision, effectively giving the green light for a new Coles supermarket in Mernda.
As the oldest president of the oldest dedicated poultry club, Alf Woods (below) jokes he’s getting a bit long in the feather. He spoke to Star Weekly.
Macedon Ranges police charged 25 offenders for lighting fires or burning-off illegally during the fire danger period, we reported in the Sunbury & Macedon Ranges Star Weekly.
Our reporter was there when Sunbury Kangaroos coach Chris Meacham told his players he was stepping down (below) to concentrate on his recovery following an horrific accident.
Wyndham council has been slammed for taking a “passive” approach to community safety by refusing to install surveillance cameras in Werribee’s Station Place, reported Wyndham Star Weekly.
We spoke to two students (below) who are giving gay, lesbian and transgender students a louder voice at a Hoppers Crossing school.
Casey Weekly reported that six special-care nursery cots at Dandenong Hospital will be moved 16km away to Casey Hospital in Berwick.
Hallam Senior College twins Paula and Melvin Fifita (below) were named in the combined states rugby league team.
Monash Weekly revealed that the father of an Oakleigh cricket teen who died after leaning out of a moving train described his son as a “beautiful boy”.
Frankston Weekly reported that Labor candidate for Frankston Helen Constas stepped down after bullying claims surfaced.
A Bayswater North man was arrested after driving into police officer, as reported in The Weekly Review Maroondah.
In Knox Weekly, we reported that residents of Melbourne’s south-east who had waited 45 years for the Rowville rail line to be built should expect to wait at least another 10, but can take consolation in the prospect of spending less time waiting for a bus.
Three children and a teacher suffered bite wounds after a savage dog attack at Ferny Creek Primary School, and a woman was charged with murder over the death of a man in Ringwood.
Peninsula Weekly reported on former Western Port basketballer and Mt Eliza resident Liz Cambage (below), who said she was ready to slam dunk in the WNBL and world championships.
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