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Climbing the social ladder

Swimming upstream hasn’t been this easy for decades. In what is believed to be a Victorian first, an $800,000 fishway, or fish ladder, has been...

Sunshine College campus vision takes shape

Sunshine College is expected today to sign off on plans for a $26.8 million redevelopment that will consolidate its four campuses into two. Once complete,...

Drugs, cash seized in Deer Park raid

Police have arrested and charged two women and seized a large quantity of drugs, cash and weapons during a raid in Deer Park yesterday. Wyndham...

Deer Park armed robbery victim urges her attacker to hand himself in

The handgun was black, with a long barrel, and it was being pointed at Deer Park service station attendant Kerrie Medlicott’s face. The 68-year-old single...

Sunshine toxic scare

EXCLUSIVE Almost all of Sunshine’s CBD will be investigated for possible soil contamination following the discovery of a range of toxic contaminates in underground water...

Council digs in over Calder Rise site

Brimbank council will this week knock back a third offer from the state government for it to purchase the former Calder Rise Primary School...

New Changerooms for Deer Park

Unisex changerooms are on the way at Bon Thomas Reserve in Deer Park, opening the space up for year-round usage. Construction of a new $850,000...

Diamond Anniversary for Deer Park couple

Alec D’Souza has very little voice and is mostly deaf, and his wife Philomena is going blind – but they say they share their...

Castle lays on the charm

Old school charm is coming to Overnewton Castle in Keilor. On July 22 the castle will host a charm school, afternoon tea and manners master...

Lakeview Senior College opens new senior study centre

Lakeview Senior College’s senior students no longer have to seek refuge in Melton council’s library for...

Local brass still making noise

Nearly 90 years after it began entertaining locals, the Sunshine Community Brass Band is still going strong and is on the hunt for new...

More than a fair musician

Konna Seccull is a particularly gifted saxophonist. The...

St Albans cyclist “fighting for life” in hospital after Macedon crash

A St Albans man is in “the fight of his life to try and survive” after being hit from behind while cycling near Macedon...

Violinist on the rise

When Nyssa Sanguansri was three years old, she saw a television cartoon of Bugs Bunny playing the violin. That inspired her to ask her parents...

Sunbury businesses fuel loyalty

Sunbury businesses are uniting in a campaign to encourage residents to go local. Several shops have jumped on board a co-operative fuel discount program that...

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Around the grounds in Brimbank

EDFL Keilor has dominated the Essendon District Football League men’s premier division team of the year. Brad Xavier, James Bailey, Nick O’Kearney, Corey Ellis, Cody...

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Convoy for the kids