Tag: Mernda
Mernda rail line reaches one million passenger milestone
More than one million passengers have used the Mernda rail line in the nine months since the extension opened.
The $600 million extension of train...
Masons Road could be closed to address safety concerns
A Mernda road could be closed to through traffic in a bid to keep motorists and residents safe.
Whittlesea council is considering closing the unsealed...
Kangaroo deaths prompt Whittlesea community forum
Community concerns about the number of kangaroos being hit and killed by cars across Whittlesea has prompted the council to organise a public forum.
Whittlesea...
Royal Children’s Hospital a life saver for Mernda toddler Alyssa
Mernda’s Alyssa Malins is just like any other two-year-old. But at only a few month old, Alyssa had life-saving open heart surgery at the...
Mernda train disruptions start this weekend
Mernda train passengers face rolling disruptions to services in the next two weeks as work begins on a rail network upgrade.
The work will take...
Whittlesea council tests the water for 50-metre pool at Mernda
The power of social media has prevailed in Mernda, with Whittlesea council agreeing to consider building a 50-metre pool in the suburb.
The council has...
Masons Road residents demand urgent action over dangerous road
Whittlesea council needs to act urgently to improve the condition and safety of Masons Road in Mernda, residents say.
People living in and around Masons...
Green light for Mernda Town Centre
Plans for the Mernda Town Centre have finally been approved.
Whittlesea council approved a planning permit for the 26.4-hectare town centre on the corner of...
New Coles store brings jobs boost to Mernda
Eighty-six new jobs have been created in Mernda, following the opening of the suburb’s first Coles supermarket.
The supermarket is the first store to open...
Mernda family reunited with cat more than a year after he went missing
If cats could talk, Chuck would undoubtedly have quite a story to tell his family.
The curious kitty went missing from his Mernda home in...
Mernda retirees show bikes are for baby boomers too
A group of Mernda residents are making the most out of their retirement after forming a baby boomer bikers group.
The Mernda Retirement Village residents...
Mernda tribute for Anzacs
A Mernda development will pay tribute to the Anzacs, naming streets and a pocket park in honour of the Gallipoli campaign.
As part of a...
Labor pledges new bus from Craigieburn to Mernda via Wollert
Wollert residents will have better access to public transport if Labor wins the state election on November 24.
Thomastown MP Bronwyn Halfpenny and Yan Yean...
Meet Mernda campaigner William Sharp
William Sharp has been campaigning for infrastructure such as schools and kindergartens in Mernda for a number of years. He talks with Laura Michell.
What...
Urgent call for aged care centre to be built in Doreen and Mernda
A campaign for an aged care centre in Mernda and Doreen is gathering steam.
Doreen residents Terri Mackenzie, Dani Trubiano and Robyn Robertson have begun...