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  • Hume a crime hub

    By Samantha Walker Hume is the number one municipality in the state for arson, weapons and explosives, and stalking offences, according to newly released Crime…

  • Concerns over new bus route

    By Samantha Walker Families may be dropping their kids off in the dark of winter if a proposed school bus route connecting Mernda to Diamond…

  • Tractor started tyre fire: MFB

    Tractor started tyre fire: MFB

     By Samantha Walker An electrical fault in a tractor is believed to have started the large fire at a tyre dump in Broadmeadows that blanketed…

  • Market reaches high gear

    Market reaches high gear

    Excitement among car enthusiasts is revving into high gear as they get ready to put their pride and joys on show. About 500 cars are…

  • Torquay to Adelaide ride for charity

    Torquay to Adelaide ride for charity

    By Samantha Walker Doreen resident Hayley Tuck hadn’t ridden a bicycle for almost 20 years until a few months ago. But last Thursday she finished…

  • Sober Hume drivers impress police

    By Samantha Walker Hume was the only municipality in the state where no one was caught driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol during…

  • Hume council faces rates dilemma

    Hume council faces rates dilemma

    By Samantha Walker   Hume council is facing a dilemma about what services and projects may need to be chopped from its next budget, after…

  • In brief

    Electrician dies A 24-year-old man died after being electrocuted on a Dallas supermarket rooftop while at work on January 5. Emergency services arrived at the…

  • Goodness all home grown

    Goodness all home grown

    Hume council’s Enviro Champions program is bearing fruit at Sunbury with a sensory garden that helps in the therapy of people with cancer. Registrations are…

  • Medcraft slams expensive ‘farce’

    Medcraft slams expensive ‘farce’

      Hume council is believed to have spent $54,000 on the failed campaign to separate Sunbury from Hume. The money was spent on two inquiries…

  • Cool for kids, guaranteed

    Cool for kids, guaranteed

    Jyle and Stephanie Edgell and Antonio Pavone (pictured) escaped the summer heat at St Albans Leisure Centre last week. They were among hundreds of Brimbank…

  • Cool crafts for kids

    Cool crafts for kids

    School holidays have kept Brimbank libraries busier than ever, with a host of holiday activities to keep the children entertained … and plenty more to…

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