PLANNING for the electrification of the Sunbury rail is under way, with survey and site investigations expected to begin this month.

THE Romsey Outline Development Plan has been adopted by Macedon Ranges Council.

A WOODEND resident hampered by several medical conditions says she fears for her safety this fire season.

HUME Council will not budge on its controversial proposal to turn a 55-hectare vacant block at Racecourse Road into a residential development.

FROM the heart of rural Woodend to the urban fringe of Warrandyte, every resident needs a bushfire survival plan.

WHILE all of Victoria is at risk of bushfire this summer, 52 Victorian communities have been identified as higher risk locations.

A HUME Council proposal to develop a 55-hectare piece of open land on Sunbury’s Racecourse Road for housing has come under fire.

KISMET Park Primary School wants its pupils to heed lessons on pedal power.

OPTUS will appeal to the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal against a Macedon Ranges Council decision to reject a 35-metre phone tower proposal.

THE Historical and Heritage Society’s dream of having a railway museum in Sunbury has been shattered by VicTrack.

AN emerging author from Monegeetta is encouraging Macedon Ranges’ residents to protect the Australian book industry.