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Kangan Institute music students realising dreams with album launch

Kaine Mauri dreams of becoming a successful music producer. Next week, the Kangan Institute music studies student will edge closer to realising his dream when...

Bands jazz up historic Le Page homestead for Hawkstowe Music Festival

Music will fill Le Page homestead on Sunday for the Hawkstowe Music Festival. The annual festival at the historic South Morang homestead will feature performances...
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New councillor Emilia Sterjova vows to be Whittlesea’s voice of youth

Emilia Sterjova might have been just 19-years-old when she was elected to Whittlesea council, but she is determined her youth will not stop her...

Works starts on Baptcare’s 90-bed aged care centre at Valley Park

A 90-bed aged care centre is expected to open in Westmeadows late next year. Work on the $160 million Dimboola Road project started last month,...

Whittlesea and Hume mayors turn up the heat

New Whittlesea mayor Ricky Kirkham has implored the state government to do more to make the city liveable, not just affordable. Cr Kirkham, who was...

North Link calls for food and beverage hub at Epping within five years

A major hub for the food and beverage industries could be developed at Epping within five years, according to a plan to revitalise Melbourne’s...

Epping RSL volunteers selling poppies ahead of Remembrance Day

Volunteers from Epping RSL will be out in force at shopping centres across Whittlesea ahead of Remembrance Day next Friday. The volunteers will be selling...

Ronald Briggs nominated for unsung hero award

Ronald Briggs is driven by a passion to help Aboriginal men live happy, fulfilling lives. For years, Mr Briggs has worked with men of his...

Single women locked out of Whittlesea rental market

Single working women are being locked out of Whittlesea’s rental market, with only one suburb left that’s affordable. New data from the Council to Homeless...

Funding boost for Epping ‘multiples’ playgroup

Families with twins and triplets in Whittlesea and Hume will have access to extra support after the Diamond Valley Multiple Births Association received a...

New ambulance station to be built at Mernda

Mernda is to get a new ambulance station, ensuring paramedics can respond sooner to emergencies in the fast-growing suburb. The state government announced last week...

Buddhist spring festival in Yuroke this weekend

Hundreds of people are expected to flock to Yuroke’s Buddhist temple in search of positivity and happiness this weekend. The Tibetan Buddhist Society is holding...

Home buyers flocking to South Morang and Doreen

House prices jumped about 10 per cent in just the three months to September in outer suburbs including South Morang and Doreen, new data...

Whittlesea Show day brings country life to town

Students from Whittlesea Primary School are counting down the days until their town goes on show. Some of the highlights planned for this year’s Whittlesea...

Whittlesea and Hume schools share in building maintenance boom

  Buildings at 22 schools across Whittlesea and Hume will be demolished, replaced or refurbished after more than $3.8 million was injected into school maintenance...

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Rideshare driver kidnapped and assaulted by passengers

A Meadow Heights man was hospitalised after being kidnapped and assaulted while working as a rideshare driver. The man picked up three men from an...