Buses or bust for growing North Epping estate
There’s a new hope for the Aurora Community Association campaign to get buses to bus stops already on the streets of North Epping.
Freedom of...
School fees ‘getting beyond disadvantaged families’
It now costs more than $2000 a year to put a primary school student through the public system, according to the Smith Family.
“Before your...
Arrests made after police car chase ends in Broadmeadows
Police have appealed for public assistance after a car chase on Saturday morning that started in Glenroy and ended in Broadmeadows shortly afterwards.
The chase...
Arrests made after police car chase ends in Broadmeadows
Police have appealed for public assistance after a car chase on Saturday morning that started in Glenroy and ended in Broadmeadows shortly afterwards.
The chase...
Wollert, Mernda fires threatened homes in the north
UPDATE: Firefighters brought a fire that was moving towards homes in Wollert under control.
Residents in Wilkes Court and Masons Road in Wollert, near Epping,...
Wollert, Mernda fires threatened homes in the north
UPDATE: Firefighters brought a fire that was moving towards homes in Wollert under control.
Residents in Wilkes Court and Masons Road in Wollert, near Epping,...
Campbellfield fire: Cylinders explode at car wreckers’ yard
Residents in Campbellfield were terrified by explosions erupting from a car-wrecking yard, as a fire tore through the grounds early on Tuesday.
Metropolitan Fire Brigade...
Lygon Street: Murder accused appears in court
UPDATE: A man has appeared briefly in the Melbourne Magistrates Court accused of murdering a barman at a Carlton hotel on Sunday night.
Bahij Zeina, 30,...
Multiple blazes keep the heat on city fringes
As Melbourne sweltered in last week’s savage heatwave, the inevitable happened. Fires erupted on the city’s fringes and significant population centres around the state...
Black Saturday anniversary a time to reflect on the journey to come
With the 2014 fire season as a potent backdrop, Kinglake residents will gather to pay homage to lives lost and others changed forever as...
Epping markets: Premier Napthine catches up on progress
Premier Denis Napthine visited Epping last week for his first tour of the site earmarked for relocation of Melbourne’s wholesale fruit, vegetable and flower...
Final resting places assigned to old TVs
Hume and Whittlesea residents can recycle their old analogue TV sets without cost – and without dumping them on naturestrips.
With the switch to digital-only...
Final resting places assigned to old TVs
Hume and Whittlesea residents can recycle their old analogue TV sets without cost – and without dumping them on naturestrips.
With the switch to digital-only...
Whittlesea green thumbs dig a little competition
Whittlesea’s 2013 garden competition winner Jennifer Hunt was praised for her picture-perfect garden.
But 2014 bring an altogether different scenario with roses wilting and leaves...
Joining the wet set at Funfields adventure park
Surviving a Melbourne heatwave needed serious lateral thinking in 40-degree-plus scorchers last week, especially if you lived miles from a beach or shady river...
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Bundoora road worst in nation for crashes
Plenty Road in Bundoora has the dishonourable title of being named Australia's top crash hotspot over the past decade, a new report have revealed.
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