Planning
Rooming house gets the green light despite strong community opposition, but developers say it will be aimed at professionals
A controversial plan to create a rooming house within a student apartment block in Carlton will go ahead despite plenty of opposition from the community.
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A positively inclusive writing group storms the city
Writers living with a disability are being invited to explore their craft in an inclusive and celebratory space at The Kathleen Syme Library with monthly writing groups now being held until October 12.
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Falafel Off comes to Carlton
Are you a fan of The Great British Bake Off with wonderful Mary Berry?
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Parkville’s urban oasis for rural and regional school children
What began life in 1941 as the American military’s Camp Pell, housing troops in tents with limited cooking facilities and no running water, is now Urban Camp, providing accommodation and educational programs for rural and regional primary school children from around Australia.
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Data capture improves local roadways
A two-and-a-half-kilometre stretch of Nicholson St from Alexandra Parade in the north to Victoria Parade in the south is hosting a world-leading traffic management system using the latest technology to reduce traffic jams and improve road safety.
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Getting up close to veterans
Jack Blankley was with the Australian troops in Korea and in 2004 he was marching in a parade at the Shrine of Remembrance.
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Play captures weight of the world
The staging of the one-act dystopian play #No Exemptions presented some technical problems for the La Mama design crew.
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Hope remains to protect heritage values of the Royal Exhibition Building
The threat of developments encroaching the areas of the UNESCO world heritage-listed Royal Exhibition Building and surrounding Carlton Gardens is real, according to the Royal Historical Society of Victoria (RHSV).
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Council seeks joint effort to rid the city of graffiti
The City of Melbourne has sought the “urgent assistance” of the state government as it battles to fight a 60 per cent increase in graffiti and tagging since the pandemic began.
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Council to review sister city relationships
The City of Melbourne has pledged to review its arrangements with international cities, less than two months after suspending ties with St Petersburg following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
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A fugue at sunrise
Community rejoices over hard-fought bus service increase
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