Whittlesea Football Club, fire brigade targeted in tagging spree
Vandals have defaced the Whittlesea Football Club and the Whittlesea Fire Brigade buildings in a tagging spree earlier this week.
Police are looking for those...
Craigieburn man detained over weapons, drugs in car
A 29-year-old Craigeburn man has been detained after police uncovered weapons and drugs in a Mercedese Benz during a random inspection in Melbourne’s CBD...
Sunbury drink driver crashes car through fence
A 61-year-old Sunbury man registered a blood alcohol content of 0.223 per cent after driving his red Holden Cruz through a fence in the...
FAMILIES ON THE EDGE: Whittlesea unit fights rising violence
New Victoria Police data shows an alarming rise in family violence in the City of Whittlesea.
The figures show an average of 45 incidents of...
South Morang: Scope seeks donations for respite house
A respite service provider is seeking donations to help furnish Whittlesea’s first respite centre, now under construction in South Morang.
While funds to build disability...
Mernda police station push: Premier cops flak over ‘no’ stance
Mernda police station campaigner Tom Joseph left the Liberal Party to take up a community cause that contradicted ‘the party line’.
So it came as...
Whittlesea, Hume councils resort to art to tackle graffiti
Tagging has given graffiti a bad name. What should be an urban artform is now more commonly called vandalism.
And it’s forcing councils around Victoria...
School parking: Whittlesea council report hits out at lazy parents
A parking assessment at Mernda and St Joseph’s primary schools suggests parents are being lazy by wanting parking “right outside the school gates”.
The assessment...
Thomastown: High Street clearway plan shown the red light
More than 900 people have signed a petition demanding that Whittlesea council drop plans for a clearway in High Street, Thomastown.
Whittlesea south ward councillor...
Mernda’s Carome Estate: Have your say over its future
A government body charged with restoring heritage properties on Crown land is calling on the community to help map out the future for Mernda’s...
Sunbury secession: ALP concerned over new council’s future
The state Labor Party has “serious questions” about a new city of Sunbury as the Napthine government moves to “gazette” the new municipality before...
Mernda: Astronaut Charlie Duke’s visit a real blast
A framed family photograph was left on the moon in 1972 by the youngest astronaut involved in NASA’s Apollo program.
Charlie Duke was just 36...
Doreen: Cannabis crop haul worth $1m seized from Laurimar Estate house
A tip-off from a neighbour led Whittlesea police to an alleged clandestine $1 million cannabis crop haul from a house in Doreen’s Laurimar Estate...
Thomastown molotov attacks: Police seek information from public
Do you know these men? Whittlesea detectives are asking for public help as their investigations into a number of arson attacks in Thomastown continue.
At the...
Melbourne Airport upgrade creates 3000 jobs
Melbourne Airport’s two-year, $1 billion upgrade has reached the halfway mark.
Chief executive Chris Woodruff told about 700 stakeholders at Melbourne Town Hall last week...
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