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Darebin drive residents fearful after second shooting
Residents of a Thomastown street have been rocked by a second shooting in as many weeks. About nine bullets were fired into a house in…
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Man dead, child hurt in second Darebin Drive shooting
UPDATE Police are yet to confirm whether or not this morning fatal drive-by shooting in Thomastown is related to a similar incident in the same…
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Thomastown’s wicked witch of Halloween
More than 100 visitors streamed past Libby Petrella’s Thomastown home on October 31 last year to gawk at her Halloween display. The dog enthusiast will…
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Whittlesea fifth for resident complaints
Whittlesea was the fifth-most-complained-about council in Victoria during 2014-15. The 2015 Victorian Ombudsman’s annual report shows Whittlesea council was the subject of 115 complaints in…
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Solar powered victory leads to bigger challenge
Glary, cloud-dotted weather proved an advantage for Epping students racing their solar-powered car, The Monican, this month. Two groups of students from St Monica’s Catholic…
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Thousands of homes finally added to NBN map
Thousands of homes in Whittlesea and Hume have been added to the National Broadband Network’s latest rollout map. For the first time, properties in Bundoora, Lalor,…
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More asbestos oversights at Bulla tip
An independent auditor has confirmed there were “administrative errors” in a Bulla tip’s licence to dispose of asbestos. In late August, the Environment Protection Authority…
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Hume residents throwing out bowel cancer tests
Hume has the second-lowest bowel cancer screening rates in the state. Fewer than one in three Hume residents returned a free bowel-screening kit in the…
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Government formally abandons Sunbury split
Sunbury will remain a part of the City of Hume – at least for now – after the State Government accepted independent advice to abandon…
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Teaching teachers about mind and body
Broadmeadows Valley Primary School principal Andrew Jones readily admits teaching can be a tiring job. The results of an internal survey completed by his teaching…
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Whittlesea ranks in Interface funds
Whittlesea council will get more than $6 million to help residents living on Melbourne’s fringe. Local Government Minister Natalie Hutchins has announced a number of infrastructure…
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St Peter’s to celebrate sesquicentennial
Parish numbers at one of Melbourne’s oldest Catholic churches are on the rise, bucking a trend of shrinking Christian congregations around the nation. Next month,…
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