COVID-19 vaccine clinics in Kilmore and South Morang open to anyone aged 18 to...
By Colin MacGillivray
KILMORE District Health and Plenty Ranges Arts and Convention Centre at South Morang will serve as two of nine state-run centres to expand access to COVID-19 vaccines as the State Government tries...
City of Whittlesea’s first ‘repair cafe’ to help fix broken goods for free and...
By Aleksandra Bliszczyk
Mernda Community House plans to open a repair cafe after receiving a Sustainability Victoria grant to promote low-waste living.
The $45,000 grant from the Recycling Victoria Communities Fund will create a new project...
Whittlesea Womanhood Association provides groceries and clothes to vulnerable families
By Aleksandra Bliszczyk
The Whittlesea Womanhood Association Inc is providing grocery bags and children’s clothing to women and families in the municipality who have lost work due to COVID-19.
President Niharika Dawar and vice president Sanaz...
Farmers warned wet paddocks can harm animal health
Farmers affected by recent floods and storms are being encouraged to monitor the health of their stock as wet conditions continue to affect parts of Victoria.
Floods and sustained wet paddocks can bring a range...
Police officer who stomped on man’s head in Epping last year found to have...
A Victoria Police officer who was filmed stomping on a man’s head in Epping last year, leaving him with severe injuries, has been found to have used ‘lawful’ force by the state’s anti-corruption watchdog.
The...
Mitchell, Macedon Ranges and Whittlesea sports set to return as COVID-19 lockdown ends
SPORTING leagues and associations have wasted little time in resuming competition following the end of Victoria's latest COVID-19 lockdown on Tuesday night.
The Northern Football Netball League announced senior and junior football would resume...
Hazel Glen College’s to stage Matilda the Musical this year after 2020 school musical...
Hazel Glen College in Doreen has announced its annual school musical will be Tim Minchin’s Matilda.
The production involves more than 60 students from years four to 12, who have been rehearsing for most of...
Mernda Community House yarn-bombed in joyful surprise for staff
By Aleksandra Bliszczyk
Mernda Community House staff were delighted to find four poles out the front of their building had been yarn-bombed last week.
Coordinator Paras Christou said they had no idea who had created the...
New walking and cycling trails to be built across City of Whittlesea to link...
WALKING and cycling trails across the City of Whittlesea are set to be linked as part of a council program to construct and connect new paths.
The paved trails will include seating, landscaping, safe road crossings, water points...
Lockdown luck: South Morang couple wins big in lottery
A South Morang couple are planning to shout their friends to lavish celebrations as soon as lockdown lifts after winning $1 million in Wednesday’s Lotto draw.
The couple were one of the three division one...