City of Whittlesea in an infrastructure hurry
Whittlesea council has endorsed an infrastructure strategy that makes the O’Herns Road-Hume Highway interchange its No.1 priority.
The strategy has been released by a partnership...
‘Money smarts’ would help ease traffic problems, says report
New and smarter ways of raising money are needed to finance infrastructure projects that would make life easier for Melbourne’s northern commuters, according to...
Ford jobs to go at plants in Broadmeadows and Geelong
UPDATE: Another 300 jobs will be cut at Ford's Victorian manufacturing plants by June, as the company continues to reduce its Australian operations.
Ford employees...
Criminals marking houses to steal dogs: Facebook
Criminals are scouting Melbourne suburbs for pets to steal and use in illegal dog fights, according to social media.
A Facebook post, which has been...
Meadow Heights woman stabbed in home invasion
UPDATE: A mother who was repeatedly stabbed by an intruder in a terrifying home invasion could have been a victim of mistaken identity, detectives...
Have your say on how Sunbury breaks away
Local Government Minister Jeanette Powell is calling for expressions of interest from people wanting to join the community consultative committee to advise on...
Thomastown shooting: Teen unlikely to walk again
UPDATE: A teenager who was shot in the neck in a cold-blooded, targeted attack in Melbourne’s north will most likely never walk again if...
No extra parking at South Morang railway station
Despite a critical shortage of parking spaces to cater for a growing number of commuters using South Morang railway station, Public Transport and Roads...
Frankly, it’s all very Labor-intensive in Broadmeadows
Despite the workers’ red of the decor, the room seemed full of suits when the local who’s who of Victoria’s Labor Party gathered at...
Police hunt men after high-speed chase through Melbourne Airport
Two men are on the run after leading police on a high-speed chase and ploughing through boom gates at Melbourne Airport in an allegedly...
South Morang man’s narrow miss as brick thrown through window
A man driving in Malvern has narrowly escaped injury after a brick was thrown through his car windscreen.
Police said the 38-year-old South Morang man...
Teenage boy charged over Epping grass fire
A 15-year-old boy has been charged with lighting a blaze during a period of fire danger following a grass fire in Epping last week.
The...
Epic ride a Sunbury sister’s tribute to ‘Flea’
Sunbury’s Lani Bullen will embark on an epic bike ride from Tylden to Broome in the name of her sister Elke.
Affectionately known as Flea,...
Australia Day: Paul Herbert is Whittlesea’s finest
Paul Anthony Herbert, of Epping, a noted fund-raiser, is Whittlesea’s citizen of the year. Mayor Mary Lalios recognised the city’s top achievers at an...
Kinglake fire: House blaze spread to paddocks
A large fire that engulfed a weatherboard house near Kinglake spread through surrounding paddocks and sparked a grass fire.
The grass fire broke out at...