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Second vigil to remember Fiona

Family and friends will gather in Sunshine on Friday to remember slain mother-of-four Fiona Warzywoda. Sunshine Business Association organised the vigil to remember Ms Warzywoda...

Council ‘underestimating garden cost blowout’

A $40,000 cost blow-out on work to install an irrigation system in a Sunshine memorial garden is a “serious under-estimation”, a residents group says. The...

Private college closure to affect 72 students

Four staff will be out of work and 72 students will be forced to take classes elsewhere after the closure of the Sunshine campus...

Burnside among worst for mortgage stress

A community legal centre fears hundreds of local residents are on the brink of mortgage stress. About 130 clients have reached out to a mortgage...

Sunshine Park Tennis Club wants you!

Despite a swelling membership at Sunshine Park Tennis Club, the club’s midweek ladies social tennis is still struggling to field enough players each week. Club president...

200 new kindergarten places in Burnside

A new $4.48 million children’s and community centre at Burnside will provide nearly 200 places for kindergarten-aged children from this year. The centre opened last Friday...

New Sunshine job centre to assist car workers

Victoria University has opened job and skills centres to retrain and help employ former employees of the car manufacturing industry. The university’s TAFE division, Victoria...

Man wanted over Delahey shooting

Police are searching for a Brimbank man following a shooting in Delahey last month. A 28-year-old Keilor Downs man was shot several times at a Delahey property...

New twist in Brookside mobile tower fight

Residents have claimed a small victory in their fight against a mobile phone tower at the Brookside Recreation Reserve. Councillors last week agreed to go...

AirServices quietly removes Keilor noise monitor

A noise monitor for aircraft flyovers in Keilor was removed by “stealth”, a resident claims. An AirServices spokesman confirmed that the monitor, which no longer...

CS Gallery features mega facelift

Caroline Springs Gallery has emerged from a facelift with new fixed and movable art walls, an exhibition space for artist talks and workshops, and...

Helping hand for new mums in need

Volunteers at the Williamstown Hospital opportunity shop are helping mothers of newborns at Sunshine under a new campaign called ‘From one Mum to Another’. Volunteers...

HV McKay gardens irrigation row continues

Watering issues at the HV McKay Memorial Gardens will be cleared up as soon as possible, Brimbank council is promising. Connection of a new irrigation...

Autism inspiration out of the blue

The amazing things people with autism can accomplish are being put firmly in focus as part of Autism Awareness Month events in Sunbury and...

New vision to tackle blindness

A new eye health initiative could save the sight of thousands of Brimbank residents. The Vision 2020 initiative, launched by state health minister Jill Hennessy...

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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...