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The Burnside Heights Football Club has welcomed some off-field support in the form of new mascot ‘Bernie’. 92045_01 Picture: CONTRIBUTE

Bernie is good to go

08/01/2013

By LIAM TWOMEY WHEN junior players from the Burnside Heights Football Club run out onto the field this season, there will be some extra support...

Opening fixture

08/01/2013

By ADEM SARICAOGLU MELTON South will host Doug Hawkins’ Bacchus Marsh Cobras on a Saturday night to open the 2013 Ballarat Football League season in...

Dean Hennessy isn’t daunted by the task of returning VPL giant Green Gully back to the top in 2013. 92050_01 Picture: DAMJAN JANEVSKI

Hennessy faces the challenge

08/01/2013

By ADEM SARICAOGLU DEAN Hennessy has been charged with the imposing task of replacing Ian Dobson as the Green Gully Cavaliers’ senior coach for 2013. Dobson,...

Kieran Elliott and Guy Walker led the Victorian under-17 cricket side to a state title last month. 90182 Picture: JOE MASTROIANNI

Young champions

08/01/2013

By ADEM SARICAOGLU THE Victorian under-17 cricket team, led by Melton’s Patrick McKenna, completed a clean sweep to claim the honours at the recent under-17...

Paramedics were supported by family and friends as they walked out of their Ballarat Rd station last week. 92048 Picture: JOE MASTROIANNI

Paramedics protest

08/01/2013

By VANESSA VALENZUELA SUNSHINE paramedics have threatened to abandon their unstable branch on Ballarat Rd amid safety concerns. About 80 paramedics from across Melbourne attended a...

Not so liveable

08/01/2013

By VANESSA VALENZUELA KEILOR MP Natalie Hutchins has slammed a new report for failing to meet the growing needs of residents in Melbourne’s outer suburbs. The...

Ready to roll

08/01/2013

A NEW underpass at the Tullamarine Freeway and M80 Ring Road Interchange is now open to drivers. VicRoads M80 Upgrade Director Trevor Boyd said it...

Seven-year-old Julie Dang is set to make her mark on the music industry after achieving top marks for her piano examination last year. 91574 Picture: DAMJAN JANEVSKI

Sound of success

08/01/2013

By VANESSA VALENZUELA MINI maestro Julie Dang is hitting all the right notes with her musical talents. The talented youngster from Cairnlea started playing the piano...

Cr Adele Hegedich has urged residents to get behind the Midsumma Festival. 92064 Picture: DAMJAN JANEVSKI

Midsumma Festival hits town

08/01/2013

By XAVIER SMERDON WYNDHAM’S youth are being encouraged to wear their brightest clothes and get ready to dance with a new event arriving in the...

Books, toys, chairs and electrical goods have been dumped at a vacant block near a Salvation Army store in Deer Park. 92072 Picture: VANESSA VALENZUELA

Uncharitable eyesore

08/01/2013

By VANESSA VALENZUELA A VACANT block scattered with waste and household goods near a Deer Park charity store has become the latest illegal dumping ground...

Cherie-Lee Sulzberger-Nilsson is the Star Volunteer of the Year. 92076 Picture: XAVIER SMERDON

Sweet success

08/01/2013

By XAVIER SMERDON ONE of Wyndham’s hardest working and least assuming volunteers has been rewarded for her life of giving. Cherie-Lee Sulzbuerger-Nilsson is the inaugural winner...

New bridge draws protest

08/01/2013

By VANESSA VALENZUELA MEMBERS of a Sunshine community group have rejected the latest designs for a new pedestrian bridge across Harvester Rd, with fears the...