Lauren Duffy

Local community newspapers for North Central Victoria & surrounds

Epping Road, between Epping and Wollert, is undergoing a major upgrade, with extra lanes, intersections and walking paths expected to be completed by 2025. Major Road Projects Victoria is adding extra lanes on Epping Road between Craigieburn Road East and Memorial Avenue, new traffic lights at Park Street, and building better walking and cycling connections. […]

VICTORIANS are being urged to prioritise road safety and remain cautious of changing conditions when driving during the winter season. Following a tragic beginning to school holidays on Victorian roads, the Transport Accident Commission, TAC, is reminding motorists to remain vigilant as the winter months can bring unpredictable road conditions. With 161 lives lost on […]

A Wallan man was among four men, three of who are patched members of the Finks Outlaw Motorcycle Gang, to be arrested of an alleged extortion of an Eltham business owner last week. Detectives from the Echo Taskforce arrested the four men – a 36-year-old Wallan man, believed to be a patched member of the […]

MOTORISTS are getting a first look at new additional lanes on Bridge Inn Road, as the project progresses towards widening the arterial road from two to four lanes. Road users will now have access to new sections of road in Mernda and Doreen, with 6.4 kilometres of the westbound lanes opening to traffic. As works […]

KILMORE District Health, KDH, has retained its accreditation from its last assessment in 2020 through the Australian Council on Healthcare Standards, ACHS, National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards program. KDH interim chief executive Jennifer Gilham said it was important to achieve accreditation as it confirmed how a healthcare organisation provided safety and quality care […]

MAJOR health care and community organisations shared their expert advice to seniors at City of Whittlesea’s Ageing Well Expo on Wednesday. From 10am until 3pm at Plenty Ranges Art and Convention Centre in South Morang, seniors had the opportunity to learn about a diverse range of products, services, and information to help plan their own […]

More than 150 volunteers planted 3500 indigenous trees on the outskirts of Broadford at the weekend. The annual tree planting is an initiative of the Glenaroua Land Management Group. “We’ve been creating bio links like this for over a quarter of a century to help reduce salinity, stabilise erosion and create vegetation corridors to maintain […]

A Doreen harpist was last week recognised in the King’s Birthday Honours List alongside 1191 upstanding Australian people. Michael Johnson was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia, OAM, in the general division for his service to music as both a performer and a teacher. Starting out as a rock musician in the 1970s […]

RSPCA Victoria has rescued 28 cats and kittens and one dog living in ‘abhorrent living conditions’ from a property in the Mitchell Shire earlier this month. RSPCA inspectors collected the animals from the property on June 5 and 6 after a member of the community made a report on the case. RSPCA north east inspector […]