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Call goes out for new custody officers

The search for 20 custody officers to join the Sunshine police station has begun. As Star Weekly revealed earlier this month, Victoria Police aims to...

Stephanie Alexander visits Parkwood Green PS

Parkwood Green Primary School welcomed a special guest last week to open its burgeoning kitchen garden. Stephanie Alexander, founder of the Kitchen Garden Foundation, which...

Lights to improve Sunshine pedestrian safety

Safety in Sunshine will be improved by a revamp of Dawson Street to include an illuminated pedestrian shelter. Brimbank council will use a $250,000 state...

Biggest environmental issues facing Brimbank

Declining living standards and pollution from early-hours industrial emissions are among the major environmental issues facing Brimbank in the next 20 years, an independent...

Deer Park Primary School returns to nature

The landscape at Deer Park Primary School has undergone a “breathtaking” change over the past year. The school’s pupils are leading the way in showing...

Four jailed for politically charged St Albans raid

Four men have been jailed for threatening a St Albans family, and another from Caroline Springs, over a political dispute about a Congolese musician,...

Rates capping “idiotic policy” says key union

The Australian Services Union has described the state government’s Fair Go Rates bill as a “dog’s breakfast”. The union representing public servants has called on...

Third teen charged over fatal hit and run

UPDATE A third teenager has been charged over a fatal hit and run involving an allegedly stolen car in Taylors Lakes on Saturday morning. The Broadmeadows youth, 17, is being...

Ardeer man overcomes abuse to run for council

An Ardeer mental health worker who says he was locked in a cage from the age of seven, will draw on his past to...

Southern Cross Grammar’s rise from the ashes

Southern Cross Grammar School is celebrating after successfully buying back its school and achieving 11th place nationally in a global maths competition. On October 9,...

Brooklyn fire cause a mystery

Fire investigators have not been able to find a cause of the Brooklyn scrap metal recycling plant fire on Monday night which took ten...

Shared trail to fitter, greener ways

A new shared path linking the Western Ring Road via Stony Creek to Tottenham railway station in Maribyrnong was officially opened last Tuesday. The new...

Illegal immigrant jailed for Ardeer crop house

An illegal immigrant has been sentenced to three and a half years jail for his role in growing 111 cannabis plants in an Ardeer...

Sims Metal fire causes environmental concern

Fire crews spent Monday night battling a Brooklyn scrap metal yard fire, which brigade crews believe had been burning for some time before it...

Youth forum set to attract 200 young artists

A forum exploring the talents of young artists in the west is expected to draw up to 200 participants next month. The second Movement Makers...

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Family fun on Melbourne Cup Eve at the Melbourne Greyhounds!

The first Tuesday in November gifts everyone a wonderful opportunity to gather with family and friends and watch the ‘race that stops the nation’....