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My Voice: Judy Buckmaster

Doreen resident Judy Buckmaster volunteers for the Home Library service, and is a volunteer program manager for Words on Wheels at Yarra Plenty Regional...

Academic charts Lalor’s swampy beginnings

NEW houses, new infrastructure, young families and a new community. It could be one of the housing estates springing up in Doreen or Epping...

Academic charts Lalor’s swampy beginnings

NEW houses, new infrastructure, young families and a new community. It could be one of the housing estates springing up in Doreen or Epping...

Deadline looms for Whittlesea pet registration

All pet owners must register or re-register their pets before April 10, or risk a $244 fine, Whittlesea council has warned.Discount microchipping and registration...

Fine time for Doreen ‘excavater’ after neighbour’s house collapses

A man who excavated a Doreen property has been convicted and fined for causing a neighbouring property to collapse.Heidelberg Magistrates Court heard that the...

Planned Epping fruit and veg market a costly ‘debacle’

THE move to Epping of Melbourne's fresh fruit and vegetable market is still two or three years away, if it happens at all, an...

Police urge public to look out for signs of ‘backyard’ drug labs

POLICE say residents should watch out for signs of illegal drug laboratories operating out of suburban homes.Whittlesea Inspector Robert Dykstra said after a raid...

Thomastown fire survivor’s brush with art

RON Driscoll has a thing for people's faces. If he sees one with a story behind it, he just has to paint it. The...

Epping muslim school on road for growth despite objections

AN Epping Muslim school is battling complaints from neighbours in its bid to expand, while Whittlesea council is demanding the school contribute to a...

Decision looms on Muslim group’s private Mernda school

WHITTLESEA council will this week make a decision on a Muslim group's application to open a new private school in Plenty Road, Mernda.A spokesman...

Decision looms on Muslim group’s private Mernda school

WHITTLESEA council will this week make a decision on a Muslim group's application to open a new private school in Plenty Road, Mernda.A spokesman...

Bundoora centenarian reveals secrets of long happy life

Trudy Castle's secret to a long life is "join in with everybody, don't have enemies, and always look on the bright side of life".She...

Fines double as Whittlesea streets go to the dogs

WANDERING dogs have led to a "significant majority" of fines being served to Whittlesea animal owners.But the doubling of fines dished out in the...

Fines double as Whittlesea streets go to the dogs

WANDERING dogs have led to a "significant majority" of fines being served to Whittlesea animal owners.But the doubling of fines dished out in the...

Progress ‘halted’ by lack of Whittlesea councillors

INADEQUATE numbers of councillors in fast-growing Whittlesea has caused perceived failures of governance, Yan Yean MP Danielle Green has told an inquiry.Ms Green has...

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Free calls to Santa

The stockings are hung, the lights are twinkling, and the countdown to Christmas is on with Santa and his elves once again ready to...

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