40 years ago
July 13, 1982
A $5 million sports foundation for the western suburbs was launched at Footscray Football Club this week.
30 years ago
July 8, 1992
The Footscray Council has proposed a number of ambitious initiatives in what has been described as the last chance to save the Footscray shopping centre.
20 years ago
July 10, 2002
A Footscray-based organisation plans to build what is being heralded as the state’s first Vietnamese cultural heritage centre.
10 years ago
July 18. 2012
About 200 residents turned out to an emotionally charged rally at Newport on Saturday, outraged at plans to use a lethal ozone-depleting gas near their homes, parks, kindergartens and schools.