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I loved my childhood suburb so much, I bought a house around the corner from where I grew up

Playing tennis on the street, picking figs from my dad’s pride-and-joy veggie patch and watching Rocky movies at the drive-in: it felt like an idyllic childhood.

  • Orietta Guerrera

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Assemble’s new development on Victoria Street in Brunswick.

Developer quietly guts ‘affordable’ housing promise in northern suburbs

An “ethical” property developer favoured by the state government is seeking to slash affordable housing quotas after winning controversial height concessions.

  • Rachael Dexter
The home at 4 Wallace Street in Bentleigh East which sold for $1.8 million.

‘They deserve it’: Vendors sell family home of 45 years for $1.8 million

A four-bedroom home in the leafy south east sold for $200,000 above reserve, with a young family beating out investors to win the keys.

  • Wes Mountain
Helen Davidson, Merri-bek mayor

Coburg’s sea of car parks to be replaced by towers up to 18 storeys tall

Merri-bek City Council wants to build apartments, townhouses, parks and a plaza in Coburg’s concrete heart.

  • Adam Carey
The home at 29 Audley Street, Coburg.

First home buyers secure keys to $1,025,000 inner-north Edwardian

A single-fronted, two-bedroom Edwardian drew six bidders at auction on Saturday. It sold for $105,000 above its reserve to a first home-buying couple.

  • Shona Hendley
Knafeh Nabulseyeh’s chicken shawarma wrap.
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Knafeh Nabulseyeh

Dishing up shawarma and falafel that inspire obsession.

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Inside Palestinian cafe Beit Siti in Coburg.

Forget avo toast, this cafe is serving one of the best value brunches in town

There’s only one thing on the menu at Coburg’s Palestinian cafe Beit Siti, and it gives Melbourne’s brunch scene a run for its money.

  • Dani Valent
Coburg hit and run

Watch: SUV captured on CCTV, moments after Coburg hit-run on cyclist

Police are hoping to speak to the driver of a white SUV that was captured on CCTV footage in Melbourne’s inner north moments after a cyclist was struck in a fatal hit-and-run.

  • Gemma Grant
Vietnam veteran Des Bourke and reservist Johannes Abandowhitz-Lee at the thriving Coburg RSL.

The RSL survival guide: A new model emerges for an old institution

As challenges mount for the veterans’ charity, some sub-branches are determined to keep their doors open by staying relevant to younger generations.

  • Madeleine Heffernan
Knafeh Nabulseyeh’s chicken shawarma wrap.

I’ve waited up to half an hour for this $16 shawarma. I’d do it again in a heartbeat

Besha Rodell is a sucker for shawarma, and Knafeh Nabulseyeh’s perfectly proportioned wrap is her latest obsession.

  • Besha Rodell