Community News

Work will soon commence on a $480,000 improvement to Brice Avenue in Mooroolbark.  The project will enhance the appearance and functionality of the shopping strip precinct. The work will be carried out in eight stages to reduce the impact on traders, motorists and pedestrians. Problem areas of the footpath will be fixed so that it becomes [...]

Children's storybook characters  including Paddington Bear, Minnie Mouse and Alice in Wonderland are expected to make appearances during next week’s Celebrate Mooroolbark festival. Storytelling will be a central part of the two-day festival, with sessions scheduled at the community centre auditorium and a visit by well known author-narrator Stig Wemyss. The festival kicks off with a [...]

2014 Maroondah Festival celebrates 25 years

This year's Maroondah Festival celebrates 25 years of bringing fun and frivolity to the local area. The event has become one of the most popular events in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne. Each year more than 20,000 people join in the range of free and low cost activities that are on offer throughout the day [...]

Manchester Primary School in Mooroolbark and Barngeong Reserve Kindergarten will merge in October to provide an extended education program for children’s learning and development from kindergarten to school. The kindergarten will retain its base on the corner of Bambra St and Lee Ann Cres in Croydon North, but the school, based in Monomeith St Mooroolbark, [...]

Mooroolbark Station will soon be transformed into a safer, more accessible and vibrant precinct with work starting on the $2.4 million Mooroolbark Community Hub project. The station will be transformed into a safe and inviting community hub with a new cafe, improved landscaping and extra shelter over the station entrance. A new station entrance will [...]