Ease into your weekend by taking a look at our best stories across the network this week.
Wyndham Star Weekly was on the spot as police pounced on a man and woman in Hoppers Crossing on Thursday (below) during a dramatic daylight drug bust.
Prime Minister Tony Abbott opened an $80m milk plant in Laverton North, while Wyndham’s newest suburb, which will be home to 15,000 people and 58,000 jobs, finally has a name – East Werribee.
Brimbank & North West Star Weekly reported that Women’s Health West had called on Brimbank council to spend up to $26,000 installing condom vending machines in its public toilets.
We spoke to Delahey-based paramedic Louise Allford (below) about life looking after the sick.
St Albans’ new $8.96 million Errington Community Centre will be a two-storey building after Brimbank council approved plans.
In Macedon, the council refused a planning permit for a contentious development on prime commercial land, as reported in Sunbury & Macedon Ranges Star Weekly.
An 80-year-old ‘death trap’ footbridge at Woodend train station (below) was closed for $100,000 of urgent safety repairs.
In Sunbury, a man in his 40s believed to be having a stroke waited more than 25 minutes for an ambulance.
Maribyrnong and Hobsons Bay Star Weekly reported on the heartbreak for the City West Falcons (below), who were beaten in the Victorian Netball League grand final – having gone through the season undefeated. Check out the grand final gallery here.
In Footscray, a student village housing more than 500 Victoria University students will tower 13 storeys above Ballarat Road.
Melton & Moorabool Star Weekly reported that Moorabool police had to drive a woman who slashed her wrists to hospital after they’d waited an hour for an ambulance.
A Melton teenager urged her peers to “think before you act” and consider the potentially devastating consequences of their actions. Tegan Lafranchi was the mastermind behind the One Punch Forum (below) chaired by Melton Police Inspector Stephen Mutton.
In the Northern Star Weekly, we reported that police believe there are suspicious circumstances surrounding a Thomastown reception centre fire.
A new respite service (below) in South Morang will give carers in Whittlesea a local option for a much-needed break.
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