Caroline Springs residents back patrolling streets
Neighbourhood patrols will restart in Caroline Springs, with organisers claiming crime has increased, despite police reports to the contrary.
Patrols were set up several months...
Keilor Downs TattsLotto syndicate win big
More than a decade of buying lotto tickets at a Keilor Downs store has paid off for a 15-member TattsLotto syndicate that won nearly...
Keilor tops list for airport noise complainants
A noise monitoring service has been described as a token gesture by a Keilor resident.
Keilor Residents and Ratepayers Association member Susan Jennison says a...
Brimbank wants state government to cough up from its sustanability fund
Brimbank administrators want to know why a state levy used to remediate old tip sites has been allowed to stockpile, with little spent on...
20 years of ‘better choices’ at Dame Phyllis Frost Centre
When Tracy Jones started working at the Dame Phyllis Frost Centre 16 years ago, there were 150 female prisoners.
There are now 400 inmates, upgraded...
Our Kitchen Table celebrates tradition
Recipes that celebrate family traditions and cultures have been published in a new cookbook.
Taylors Hill Primary School pupils were invited to submit their family...
Burnside and Braybrook Masters stores to close by December
Burnside and Braybrook Masters stores will close before Christmas, to be turned into home improvement centres...
CCTV, alarms are hot property in the western suburbs
The home security business is “booming” as demand skyrockets in Caroline Springs, Derrimut and Burnside, suburbs’ hit by a spate of home invasions, robberies...
Brimbank’s Most Wanted – August 23, 2016
Brimbank's most wanted: Let’s help Brimbank Police. If you have any information in relation to these people, contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000...
Bocci club petitions Brimbank council to asphalt Albion street
Almost 300 people have signed a petition calling for Brimbank council to upgrade part of an Albion road from gravel to asphalt.
Upon receiving the...
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Charlie’s infamous angels have been replaced by a new, more technologically savvy incarnation at Marian College in Sunshine West.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...
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