Town parking’s tug o’ war in Sunshine
Free public parking in Sunshine must be preserved as it becomes harder for residents to find a space in the CBD, a bloc of...
Lakeview Senior College crowd funds work
Lakeview Senior College students and staff will sacrifice an hour’s pay to help some of the many disadvantaged communities around the world.
The school has...
Marian College’s Tech Angels cracks the code to success
Charlie’s infamous angels have been replaced by a new, more technologically savvy incarnation at Marian College in Sunshine West.
They go by the name of...
16 frontline police ripped out of Melton and Caroline Springs
Sixteen Melton and Caroline Springs police have been removed from frontline duties, despite a recent crime wave and the pleas from residents for more...
Taylors Hill residents lose mobile phone tower battle
Taylors Hill residents have lost their battle to stop a mobile phone tower going up nearby after a tribunal overturned Melton council’s refusal to...
Needle program a recipe for trouble in Braybrook
A Braybrook needle distribution and collection service is one of the most in-demand in the state.
But as regular users call for a site to...
Greg Fleet: “I was more like my father than I ever realised”
Greg Fleet says his dad really did die this time. For real.
Not that the funny man is losing any sleep over the passing of...
John Kelly’s cow sculpture now in place
The installation of John Kelly’s much-lauded Man lifting cow sculpture on Hampshire Road on Tuesday was a relatively low-key affair.
But fanfare will sound out...
Albanvale motorcyclist dies following St Albans collision
An Albanvale motorcyclist has died in hospital after colliding with a car in St Albans last Friday afternoon.
The man was travelling south on Station...
Craig McDermott gets 25 years for murdering Fiona Warzywoda
A man who stabbed his former partner to death outside a Sunshine shopping centre in broad daylight, hours after he was ordered to stay...
Essendon Keilor College’s engineers of the future
Students’ faces dropped as their model bridges were stretched and eventually load-tested to destruction.
Suleman Fejzulai and Jamie Trifonos were among five Essendon Keilor College...
Council’s ‘average’ cycling spend in Brimbank
Brimbank council spends less than $6 per resident on cycling related infrastructure.
Bicycle Network’s 2016 Bicycle Expenditure Index (BiXE) identifies Brimbank’s outlay as “standard”, or...
Books to give and take at Little Free Library
A charming weatherboard house at Sunshine appears to have two letterboxes, one of which is extraordinarily large.
But on closer inspection, the Benjamin Street property...
Buses at Watergardens station ‘cold, dirty, out of sync’ a local resident has claimed
Buses at Watergardens train station are “substandard”, often filthy, cold and driven by “maverick” drivers, a local resident has claimed.
Sydenham’s Mal Shah told Star...
No syringe site for Sunshine without demand, says govenment
Demand for syringes is outstripping supply, but Sunshine won’t get a state government-funded needle collection and disposal service unless residents and health agencies demand...
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Arnott excited for Thunder challenge
New Keilor Thunder men’s coach Ash Arnott is chomping at the bit to get on court with the National Basketball League 1 South club.
Arnott...
