Retail therapy helps Greendale wildlife shelter
Naomi Carr has nursed hundreds of animals at the Greendale Wildlife Shelter. But it’s an expensive process and the shelter can’t exist without the...
Sunshine Community Brass Band hits the road for local communities
The Sunshine Community Brass Band is hitting the road in the search of new members and hoping to help struggling rural communities along the...
The Tin Shed calls for more tin
The Tin Shed in St Albans is looking for more tin.
The community youth group, which has served the region for nearly 50 years, is...
Sibel Ali’s fight to let son ‘rest’
Sibel Ali was looking forward to giving birth to her son, Aydin. But several weeks before he was due to arrive, the heavily pregnant...
Sydenham mum jalied for stealing $80,000 from former employer
A Sydenham woman has been jailed for three months for stealing $80,000 in six months from her employer to pay for her drug and...
“I thought I’d never walk again”: Jill’s fight to be the talk of a...
It was two days after Christmas last year when Jill “Chuck” Norris first thought she’d never walk again.
“I actually didn’t know it at the...
Sunshine College teacher finalist in Victorian principal’s award
Sunshine College principal Tim Blunt is quick to play down his nomination as a finalist in the state’s outstanding secondary school principal award.
The principal...
Around 1000 Plumpton homes to get improved Australia Post service
About 1000 homes in Plumpton can now have parcels delivered to their doors after Australia Post expanded its services.
Previously, residents of the Aspire estate...
Keilor Park home to junior fishing’s finest
Keilor Park is now officially home to the youngest angler with a world record catch.
Back in March, Star Weekly reported that it took 10-year-old...
Every day is magical in Brimbank: Saidin Salkic
He was born in war-torn Srebrenica in Bosnia, so every day is a magical experience for internationally renowned artist Saidin Salkic. The St Albans...
Former St Albans Secondary College student thanks teacher on World Teachers Day
Teacher Marion Mortimer says she first noticed Rose’s potential when she was a student in her year 10 science class.
“Rose had recently arrived in...
Almost 770 cars stolen in Brimbank in a year
Almost 770 cars were stolen in Brimbank in the year to June 30, with almost half...
Taylors Lakes mother urges other woman to check their family’s breast cancer history
Angelina Jolie underwent a double mastectomy not long after Wendy Nicol discovered she carried a similar gene mutation that made her highly susceptible to...
78 apartments proposed for Ballarat Road, Sunshine
A six-storey residential development containing 78 apartments has been proposed for a site on Ballarat Road, Sunshine.
The owners of the 2486-square-metre site have submitted...
Brimbank among state’s worst for wind damage
The State Emergency Service received hundreds of call-outs to incidents in Brimbank on Sunday as wind gusts crept up to almost 100km/h.
The strong winds...
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Grand Final crowds set to land at Melbourne Airport
Preparations are underway at Melbourne Airport to accommodate more than 1.7 million people over the next two weeks as school holidays and the AFL...
