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Residents ‘horrified’ at proposed port changes

By ALESHA CAPONE ALTONA residents have expressed horror at changes proposed for an inland port development, as VCAT gears up to make a decision on...

New push for TAFE funds

By ALESHA CAPONE MORE than 700 people have signed an on-going petition calling on the State Government to rethink its decision to slash TAFE funding...
Davinder Cheema, pictured after he was bashed outside Sunshine Station last year. Picture: JOE MASTROIANNI

No one helped

  By VANESSA VALENZUELA A MAN who was bashed at Sunshine Railway Station last year has called on the State Government to get Protective Service Officers...

Quarry hearing underway

By VANESSA VALENZUELA BRIMBANK residents are being urged to voice their concerns at the state’s planning tribunal as the hearing regarding the future of the...
Leo Johnson has been serving the community for more than three decades and believes his life has been better for it. 91243 Picture: JOE MASTROIANNI

The tiger within

By NATALIE GALLENTI Leo ‘the tiger’ Johnson is a fighter. The Kurunjang resident has spent 35 years aiming to improve the lives of Melton residents. Even now,...
Melton Mayor Mayor Kathy Majdlik joined Kerrie Thomas, left, Cathy Hurst, Edith Feth and Karin Goodair last week at the Information centre Christmas tree. 91246 Picture: KRISTIAN SCOTT

Christmas cheer

  WITH the festive season well and truly upon us, Melton City residents are being encouraged to donate non-perishable food items and toys to be...
Caroline Springs youngster Mackenzie Campey has taken on the unique sport of cheerleading and is enjoying every minute of it. 91303 Picture: JOE MASTROIANNI

Mackenzie a cheer star

By NATALIE GALLENTI   TWO, four, six, eight, no prizes for guessing what sport Mackenzie Campey appreciates. The young Caroline Springs resident loves nothing better than doing...
Caroline Springs resident Alana will turn 12 on the 12/12/12. 90230 Picture: JOE MASTROIANNI

A birthday to remember

  By NATALIE GALLENTI WHEN Alana Gigliuto was born on 12 December 2000, her excited mother Bev realised her daughter would celebrate a very special birthday...
Emerging artist and Caroline Springs resident Audrey Buttigieg-Cardona has always been captivated by the human eye and recalls wanting green or blue eyes as a child. 91430

Eye for detail

  By NATALIE GALLENTI IT’S all in the eyes for emerging Caroline Springs artist Audrey Buttigieg-Cardona. The Maltese migrant has always been fascinated by the human eye...

Long walk home

By NATALIE GALLENTI MELTON Police have impounded 124 vehicles so far this year and it is likely the number will rise in the coming weeks. The...
Danielle Bowen earned her junior black belt in jiu-jitsu at the age of 12. 90885 Picture: DAMJAN JANEVSKI

Self defence empowers Danielle

By NICOLE VALICEK UNLIKE many other girls at 12, Danielle Bowen didn’t want to be a ballerina, but she had big dreams for her future...
Constables Bee Timothee, left, and Ivana Sarceric watch as Constable Dieter Habersatt donates blood. 91048 Picture: XAVIER SMERDON

Our police roll up their sleeves

  By XAVIER SMERDON MORE than 600 blood donors are needed in Werribee this Christmas and New Year, inspiring the men and women in blue to...