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The future is looking bright for small businesses in Hume as council has announced it received a grant for shopping strip upgrades across the municipality.
Hume council has been granted $280,000 by the state government for upgrades to shopping strips in Campbellfield and Broadmeadows.
The shopping strips set to get a facelift are on Barry Road, Olsen Place and...
The state government is expanding its Smile Squad free dental program to include students at low-fee non-government schools across the west and north of Melbourne.
“No child or family should be left behind because dental care is too expensive,” said Premier Jacinta Allan.
The program, which launched in 2019, has already visited over 1,000 public schools, seen m...
A youth hub will be built in South Morang next to the Whittlesea civic centre, but council wants the state government to contribute more funding for the project.
Whittlesea council approved the site south of the civic centre during its 17 March meeting after considering four options from council officers: Temporary sites at Pacific Epping or 72 Cooper Street, Epping, o...
Witnessing a young girl being pulled to out of the path of an oncoming car on McLeans Road earlier this year prompted a Bundoora father to petition Whittlesea council to reinstate the road’s school crossing.
Arian Aiello was taking his son, Harvey, to Northside Christian College when he witnessed a father who was crossing McLeans Road from Lucy Court with young childre...
Have your say on Whittlesea council’s plans to upgrade the Nick Ascenzo Reserve in Thomastown.
Whittlesea mayor Lawrie Cox said the council listened to community feedback and used it to shape a draft concept plan.
“Nick Ascenzo Reserve is an important place for the Thomastown community, and this project will help ensure it continues to meet the needs of people n...