Tag: community
Design a scarf for new Scout group
Scouts have been wearing scarves loosely knotted around their necks since 1911.
To keep with tradition, the newly formed Epping North Scout Group wants to...
School bush garden to stregthen Aboriginal ties
Pupils of Altona Meadows Primary School have planted a bush garden in a bid to strengthen ties between Aboriginal students and the local Indigenous...
Glenroy Grannies to hang up their bibs
Forty-five years of friendship forged on netball courts will not dissipate when the Glenroy Grannies officially retire from the game this year.
Team captain Beryl...
Fresh food off the back of a truck
Asylum seekers can now access fresh fruit and vegetables after the city-based Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (ASRC) set up a mobile outpost at Thomastown.
From...
On a mission to force council to clean “city of s**t”
A Meadow Heights resident is on a mission to force Hume council to clean up piles of dumped rubbish.
John Mitchell offered to take Star...
Food Bank helps avoid hard choices
Tough economic times are forcing more Victorians to choose between heating or eating this winter.
Single dad Tom, who didn’t want to reveal his surname,...
Pokie losses eat at town spend
Almost $20 million was pumped into poker machines in Sunbury last financial year.
New Victorian Commission for Gambling and Liquor Regulation figures reveal losses on...
Pokies losses on an upward trajectory
New statistics reveal people are losing more on poker machines in both Hume and Whittlesea each year.
Statistics released by the Victorian Commission for Gambling...
Peter Lalor walkway transformed
A dimly lit, graffiti-riddled laneway in Lalor has been successfully transformed into a vibrant, community space.
Whittlesea council officially launched the second stage of the...
McGuire questions social disadvantage report
Broadmeadows MP Frank McGuire has questioned a national report that singled out the suburb as being one of the most disadvantaged in the state.
Jesuit...
Hume cleaning blitz
Hume is looking a bit more squeaky clean after a three-month, council-run clean-up.
Council staff targeted six areas, carrying out repairs, removing graffiti and cleaning...
High hopes for social cohesion forum
Social cohesion is becoming more than a buzz phrase in Hume.
Five months after the state government announced it would spend $100,000 on local initiatives...
You’re ever too old to learn to swim
You’re never too old to learn how to swim … and Heather Woodgate will vouch for it. The 60-year-old Hume resident was one of...
Public feedback sought for Plenty Gorge plan
Parks Victoria is seeking public input to a new 10-year master plan for Plenty Gorge Park.
The plan will replace a 1994 version and look...
Moving Forward program to continue in Hume
A program that helps young people disengaged from education or employment has been saved despite the federal government cutting its funds last year.
Hume council...
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Dietitian’s simple lunchbox advice
Making school lunchboxes is a task loathed by many parents.
Deciding what food to send a child to school with can also be confusing....
