Doreen and Mernda students to get more bus services
Transport-starved Doreen and Mernda residents are set for some relief with more buses planned to connect students to high schools.
Transport Minister Jacinta Allan announced...
Hume pair share Corporal Cameron Baird memorial award
Corporal Cameron Baird’s toughest and ultimately fatal battle was fought amid heavy enemy fire in a small village in Afghanistan.
The posthumously awarded Victoria Cross...
Sunbury Road duplication sought to bust Bulla bottlenecks
Worsening traffic bottlenecks at Bulla have prompted renewed pleas for the long-awaited duplication of Sunbury Road, including a bypass of the town.
Complaining that planners...
Northern Men’s Shed gets funds to buy new tools
A group of Craigieburn blokes who like to tinker with timber can now purchase $3800 worth of new tools.
Members of the Northern Men’s Shed...
Broadmeadows, Roxburgh Park, Sunbury West clean-up a tidy effort
Unkempt nature strips and illegal rubbish dumping are being targeted in a council-led campaign to tidy up Hume.
The council will host a free barbecue...
Poppies from Hume for friend and former foe
Handmade poppies will adorn a wall inside Thomastown library for the next two weeks.
The sequinned, satin, velvet, wool and beaded flowers are the handiwork...
Anzac Day centenary: Western Front trench life snapshot revealed
The notoriously dangerous trench warfare of the Western Front took a huge toll on Australian troops during the First World War.
Karen Flynn rattles off...
Anzac link nurtured by Aitken College students
Aitken College students Declan Harvey and Madeleine Lively chose to remember Herbert Thomas Watson during a special Anzac Day service held at the Greenvale...
Craigieburn traders petition to save Australia Post office
Craigieburn Plaza traders are appealing to the federal government for Australia Post not to abandon the town’s old shopping centre, citing fears the post...
Councils warn federal government against scrapping census
An alliance of Australian councils in urban growth areas has called on the federal government not to scrap the five-yearly census.
The National Growth Areas...
Jack Medcraft to appeal against suspension
A Hume councillor plans to appeal a one-month suspension handed down after a probe into claims he breached the code of conduct during a...
Japanese attack on Darwin: A time least forgotten by Bundoora veteran
Maurie Gerdtz is good with dates. His powers of recall are particularly strong when recounting stories of his time with the Australian Military Forces...
Mill Park Soccer Club has sinking feeling with poor ground
The “unplayable” state of Mill Park Soccer Club’s home ground is forcing the club to turn prospective members away.
Burgeoning membership and the deteriorating state...
Craigieburn Sikh temple push for better access
The Craigieburn Sikh temple has renewed calls for an overpass to be built across the Hume Highway.
Temple secretary Gurdeep Singh Matharoo said Craigieburn Gurdwara...
Anzac Day: Hume honours to commemorate centenary
A dedicated committee of Hume councillors and community leaders has spent months planning the most appropriate ways to commemorate the Anzac centenary.
The six-member committee...
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Ambos roll up their sleeves to save lives in other ways
A team of paramedics, First Responders, and staff from Ambulance Victoria (AV) have made 480 donations as part of an annual blood drive by...
