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Welcome to Parkville Gardens
Parkville Gardens is a unique eco-friendly neighbourhood in the very north-west corner of Parkville. It has a history and character of its own.
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A true community councillor
When North West City News’s sister publication Docklands News ran Jamal Hakim’s image on the front page of its September 2020 edition ahead of last year’s City of Melbourne council elections, he really would have liked his chances!
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Losing yourself in history
The streets of North and West Melbourne are a treasure trove of history if you go looking in the right places and keep an open mind.
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Babs is full of beans
For Staffordshire bull-terrier Barbara, life is one big walk in the park – but preferably in North Melbourne’s own fully fenced off leash dog park, Clayton Reserve.
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A brief history of the Kensington Association
The Kensington Association (KA) was formed by a group of residents in 1997. Our mission is to help “protect and enhance the existing amenity of Kensington as well as to monitor development proposals in our community”.
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Arts House prepares to reopen
The threat of a pandemic was not on many people’s minds – despite warnings from epidemiologists – before 2020. But way back in 2018 North Melbourne’s Arts House was asking what would happen if a pandemic came to Melbourne …
Read MoreWelcome to our new community asset
When the media, the all-important Fourth Estate, does its job the community is the better. Transparency is really the life blood of democracy and has been sadly missing at all three levels of government in recent times.
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The man behind 300,000 fish
North Melbourne residents unite against demolition of public housing
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