May 20, 2013 WHITTLESEA ratepayers can expect a rate rise of almost 5 per cent under council’s proposed budget.  

May 20, 2013 AN INVESTIGATION into the $36.6 million collapse of Acacia College has discovered that not one board or committee took “responsibility” for the overall development.

May 20, 2013 THE LEADING agency dealing with family violence in the northern suburbs has admitted it cannot cope with demand.  

May 20, 2013 FORGET about painting the town red – Doreen residents will paint the Laurimar town centre purple for a good cause.  

May 20, 2013 A THOMASTOWN manufacturing employee was awarded $21,200 in back pay after the Fair Work Ombudsman intervened recently.

May 20, 2013 More than 200 locals have been hired at Bunnings Thomastown store since it opened in January.

May 20, 2013  Lalor North Primary School students will use any means possible to get to school without a car for Walk Safely to School Day this week.

May 20, 2013 Scratched and battered vinyl collections can be preserved before it’s too late – at a Mill Park Library workshop this week.  

May 20, 2013 The fourth and final residential development at Bundoora’s University Hill will have its own cafe and uninterrupted views of Princeton Park.

May 20, 2013   The music program at Thomastown Secondary College is striking the right chord, writes Sue Hewitt