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April 1, 2025

New friends, new interests at Probus club

"RETIREMENT is a time to enjoy life, make new friends and explore new interests." That's how Bacchus Marsh Ladies Probus Club publicity officer Barbara Nixon...

March 27, 2025

All the sights and sounds of Carnival

TICKETS may still be available for the Brazilian-themed Circus Rio, which finishes its run in Melton West this weekend. The circus, which revolves around the...

March 22, 2025

Crime prevention group coming to Moorabool area

A NEIGHBOURHOOD Watch group will be set up to cover Bacchus Marsh, Maddingley and Darley. About 25 people attended a meeting at the Bacchus Marsh...

March 22, 2025

Supermarket bakery a Victorian winner

THE Champions IGA store in Maddingley has won a major company award, just two years after it opened. The supermarket, at Maddingley Village, took out...

March 21, 2025

Transmission line opponents standing firm

HOLD the line, don't sign – that's the position taken at Monday night's community meeting in Ballan about the controversial Western Renewables Link project. An...

March 20, 2025

Grand final rematch rounds out 2025 BFLW season opener

LAST season's grand final opponents Redan and Darley will face off when the BFLW senior women's competition bursts into action tomorrow. The grand final rematch...

March 18, 2025

Grants to support those living with disability

DISABLED employment and support advocacy agency are-able has opened its 2025 community grants program to applications. Applications opened on 3 March and will close on...

March 13, 2025

Concerns increase for Bacchus Marsh health jobs

THE issue of health service staff cuts in Bacchus Marsh continues to simmer, this time with the proposed move of a 1.4 equivalent full-time...

March 13, 2025

Calls for new secondary school – Moorabool Shire Council meeting briefs

MOORABOOL councillor Rod Ward has launched a campaign to have another secondary school built in the Bacchus Marsh area. A notice of motion Cr Ward...

March 8, 2025

Ballan electricity advocate takes gas-free push to Canberra

BALLAN resident Renee Robinson has taken her campaign encouraging people to go all-electric and gas-free to the corridors of national power. Ms Robinson was among...

February 20, 2025

Outrage at public defibrillator theft

BALLAN'S publicly-available automated external defibrillator (AED) has been stolen, prompting outrage from the man behind its purchase. Ballan Ambulance Auxiliary president Ian Ireland said the...

February 13, 2025