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Winter blues
We now know we have entered winter with cold mornings and some decent rain! If you bump into me in the street, please don’t talk football as our team down Royal Parade is not going very well!
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What is Carlton Residents’ Association about? And what does it do?
The Carlton Residents’ Association’s agenda for Carlton is underpinned by the values of “contribution, communication and connection”, while our priorities are focused on heritage, planning, greening and mobility.
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East Melbourne philanthropy series draws a crowd
On Tuesday, June 24, a wintry evening did not deter stalwarts from the East Melbourne Group (EMG), nor friends and colleagues, from venturing out as far as the local library on George St.
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Council boosts bike lane funding in final budget after community pressure
The City of Melbourne has bowed to public pressure and boosted its funding commitment for cycling infrastructure, voting at its June 30 council meeting to increase its four-year bike budget to around $15 million.
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Tackling hunger in Carlton
Food insecurity is a quiet crisis affecting almost half of Carlton’s residents.
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Speeding in Parkville
With great interest we noted the Lord Mayor’s comments about East Melbourne and the need for greater speed restrictions.
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“Slap in the face”: vulnerable residents face eviction amid Grattan St redevelopment
Amanda* has lived in her flat on Grattan St for seven years. At 76, she’s built a quiet, steady life in Carlton – a location close to public transport, shops, and medical care. But that stability is now under threat.
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The postbox preserver: one man’s mission to revive Melbourne’s forgotten pillar boxes
For most Melburnians, the city’s cast-iron, Victorian-era pillar boxes blend quietly into the urban backdrop – unnoticed relics of another century.
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Carlton’s own noodle masters
In a quiet back street, just off the southern end of Lygon St, Kevin Huang and Xinyan Wang have been making some of Melbourne’s best noodles since 2017.
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Give Carlton Gardens a break!
The Carlton Residents’ Association (CRA) has called on the City of Melbourne to conduct a review of the location of the Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show in the Carlton Gardens.
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State election – the short answers
Proving passion and work can collide when the timing is right
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