Ease into your weekend by taking a look at our best stories across the network this week.
Brimbank & North West Star Weekly reported that a controversial plan to open a funeral parlour in a Keilor residential street (below) was withdrawn.
Meet the Pyjama Pastor Justin Gardner (below) who turned his life around after being homeless on the streets of Sunshine.
The Sunbury & Macedon Ranges Star Weekly reported that a Riddells Creek residents group claimed Macedon Ranges council “silently” proposed deleting references to a planning document vital to their fight against a supermarket development in the town.
When Lancefield’s 18-year-old Jaimee Bennetts (below) auditioned for the Wizard of Oz musical, she didn’t imagine landing the role of Dorothy.
The Sunbury Residents Association called for the immediate release of the Sunbury out of Hume panel report.
Spotswood residents were celebrating when Hobsons Bay council rejected an application for an eight-storey, 56-dwelling apartment block (below), as reported in the Maribyrnong & Hobsons Bay Star Weekly.
Altona’s Caleb Walmsley (below) is among a group of 60 students from Williamstown High School who will travel to Africa.
Melton & Moorabool Star Weekly reported on Rockbank resident Alan McLean (below), who celebrated his milestone 100th birthday with friends and family.
Diggers Rest pulled off a mid-season coup (below) in the Riddell District Football League, signing former West Coast Eagles player Callum Wilson.
Northern Star Weekly reported that groups have joined forces against Hume council’s decision to grant a further three-year permit to the Bulla tip operators.
We talk to Whittlesea Historical Society president Bruce Batten (below) about his passion for dry stone walls.
Wyndham Star Weekly reported that a Truganina house was sprayed with bullets (below) in an early-morning drive-by shooting. Three people were sleeping inside the house on Vanderbilt Drive when two bullets were fired about 3.20am.
A $533m package for Wyndham’s west will include roads, intersections, bridges, sports fields and community facilities.
We spoke to the Hoppers Crossing daughter of a World War II hero, Clarence Forsythe (below), who was devastated that items he had brought back from World War II were stolen.
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