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Council axes pet expo and recycling program

Brimbank council will no longer fund and run the popular Brimbank Animal Expo and a multi-award-winning recycling program as it looks to find $6.5 million...

Young Eagles set to soar nationally

A Keilor Park junior soccer team is off to the nation’s capital in July to play in a global competition. Coach Jimmy Gorevski says his...

Ardeer kids enjoy breakfast club

Grumbling tummies before recess will be a thing of the past at Ardeer South Primary School now that pupils can enjoy a free breakfast...

‘Arrogant parking rife’ at Brimbank Central

Brimbank Central shopping centre management and Brimbank council will work to stamp out illegal parking. St Albans resident John Kruger has repeatedly called for action...

Brimbank waterways used as dumping grounds

Tyres, shopping trolleys and bikes are being dumped into Kororoit and Stony creeks in Brimbank. Staff from Melbourne Water collected almost 170 cubic metres of...

Historical society presents a mesh of memories

Memories of a Sunshine business that provided supplies in World War II will be revived at an event hosted by Sunshine and District Historical...

Hillside man jailed for importing drugs in Chevy

A Hillside cleaner has been jailed for 15 years for importing more than 23 kilograms of pure methamphetamine stored inside a car. Besim Beqiri pleaded...

Glengala Primary School pupils crack the code

Unlike the nine and 10-year-olds she teaches, Glengala Primary School teacher Elise McMahon had no idea what coding was until she taught herself the...

Council call to fix ’embarrassing train stations’

Brimbank council hopes the $518 million Ballarat railway line duplication between Melton and Deer Park will include upgrades to the “embarrassing” Ardeer and Deer Park...

Caroline Springs house prices up 10 per cent

House prices in Caroline Springs jumped almost 10 per cent in the first three months of the year, placing it in the top five growth...

Guide dog taken in bungling crime spree

Police are hunting an accident-prone thief who unwittingly stole a guide dog during a crime spree with another man throughout Melbourne’s north-west including St Albans...

Asbestos found in Brimbank Park

A section of Brimbank Park has been closed after the discovery of asbestos. Parks Victoria said on its website “a small section” between Green Gully...

220 new parking spaces for Keilor Plains

Parking woes at Keilor Plains train station look set to be lessened when 220 additional car parking spaces are built later this year. The 2016-17...

All set for the Great Maltese Cook-Off

The cooking traditions of Malta are once more being celebrated and families of the west, Maltese and otherwise, are being invited to test their...

Khan puts Mowbray site back on market

Wyndham councillor and businessman Intaj Khan has put the Mowbray College site in Caroline Springs on the market – with a hefty price tag. Cr...

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Motorbike impounded in St Albans

Police impounded a motorbike in St Albans on April 6, after the rider evaded police. Officers attempted to intercept the Honda CBR300 on Sage...