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  • Open day to eras past at Woodlands Historic Park

    Open day to eras past at Woodlands Historic Park

    Visitors to Woodlands Historic Park will have a rare chance to tour one of Hume’s oldest buildings at the weekend. The park’s homestead will be…

  • Drug, crime connection spirals in Hume

    Drug, crime connection spirals in Hume

    A dramatic rise in drug use and possession offences in Hume has been fuelled by the availability of methamphetamine, new data reveals. Since 2006, the…

  • North continues to be plagued by high unemployment rate

    North continues to be plagued by high unemployment rate

    Pockets of Hume, including Broadmeadows, continue to be plagued by unemployment, despite a drop in the overall jobless rate in the city and across the…

  • Free fitness camps in Hume

    Free fitness sessions are being run in Hume following the forging of a partnership between the council and social enterprise Live Life Get Active. The…

  • Libs silent on road projects

    Libs silent on road projects

    The Liberal Party candidates for Scullin and McEwen are yet to commit to four vital road projects in Whittlesea and Hume, despite Labor vowing to fund…

  • Hume braces for hard rates ask

    Hume mayor Helen Patsikatheodorou says state and federal governments may need to take back some of the services they’ve been handing to councils. Cr Patsikatheodorou…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Hume a weapons hub

    By Samantha Walker Hume is a hub for weapons and explosives offences, recording the most in the state, according to recently released Crime Statistics Agency…

  • Hume’s new mayor is in the pink

    Hume’s new mayor is in the pink

    Hume councillor Helen Patsikatheodorou will serve as mayor for the second time after polling the most votes for the job last week. The Meadow Valley…

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