Finding the H.E.A.R.T
THE Whittlesea Healthy, Energetic, Active, Relaxed and Together (HEART) project has been shortlisted in the Pick My Project initiative.
Project Applicant Kerry Clarke, who applied for $200,000, is set on driving healthy habits in the...
Whittlesea backs refugees
THE City of Whittlesea will take a stand against the federal government after passing an urgent business item about supporting refugees.
Mayor, Cr Kris Pavlidis, who doubles as the Ethnic Communities Council of Victoria chairperson,...
Teens ‘mugged’ before basketball
WHITTLESEA City Basketball Association has urged its members to be careful after two teenagers were 'mugged' on their way to the basketball stadium.
The organisation revealed the police were formally dealing with the matter.
In a...
Pokies play Whittlesea
CITY of Whittlesea Mayor Kris Pavlidis has joined mayors from five other metropolitan councils to publicly launch The Alliance for Gambling Reform’s policies.
The Alliance, formed by Tim Costello, wants maximum $1 bets at poker...
Seniors park officially opens
A SENIORS group in Mernda is calling on the City of Whittlesea to expand their seniors’ exercise park program through the region.
The calls come off the back of the City of Whittlesea’s announcement a...
Severe weather warning issued
THE Bureau of Meteorology has issued a severe weather warning for people in the North Central, Central and South West districts as a cold front creates damaging winds across the state.
North to north-westerly winds...
Local woman’s Pick My Project appeal
by Joshua Wells
A MERNDA mum has said she found it ‘hard to believe’ the council wouldn’t support her Pick My Project campaign to have public toilets installed at the Mernda Villages Estate parks.
Resident Belinda...
Karting in Wollert?
by Joshua Wells
THE Ultimate Karting Experience (TUKE) has had a ‘productive’ meeting with officers from the City of Whittlesea as the embattled organisation fights to keep its doors open past August.
While nothing is set...
Jaws dropping affair
by Joshua Wells
WITH the advent of the internet, urban myths are quickly debunked and corrected almost instantly but despite this, the ‘Mernda Back Beach’ has gained considerable traction on social media.
After taking a ‘stroll’...
Slow Down!
by Joshua Wells
A WOMAN and her kids were almost hit by a car that was overtaking another vehicle while both were driving through a pedestrian crossing right next to a children’s park in Mernda.
The...