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Echoes from elsewhere exhibited
After first meeting a year ago and then recently bumping into each other at Altona’s Louis Joel Gallery, artists Julee Latimer and Dovey Dee came…
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Council honours community hero
Footscray icon Wally Hopkins OAM was honoured at Tuesday night’s Maribyrnong council meeting, the first since his death last month aged 101. Standing orders were…
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EPA conducts snap inspections
A snap inspection program in Melbourne’s west by the Environment Protection Authority Victoria (EPA) has found gaps in the way warehouses and logistic facilities handle…
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Two more Techno blocks approved
More residents at the Techno Park estate will be able to remain in their homes after Hobsons Bay council issued certificates of compliance to another…
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Community Calendar
Laverton Community Choir It’s that time of the year – the Laverton Community Choir is busy rehearsing Christmas songs for the festive season, and would…
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My Place
Cas Bukor has called the west home for 40 years and is well known around Williamstown for her annual Williamstown Calendar. She chats to Laura…
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Laverton steel workers to strike
Workers at a Laverton steel mill will walk off the job on Friday after negotiations over a new enterprise agreement broke down. Australian Workers Union…
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Get your home storm ready
With storms costing Victorians millions of dollars in damage annually and accounting for 80 per cent of all Victoria State Emergency Service callouts, RACV is…
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A pocket full of art
An empty garage was the inspiration behind Yarraville’s newest, and possibly smallest, art space. Friends Peta Ferguson and Patricia Stewart have opened a tiny art…
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Fuel savings app launched
Motorists, including those in the inner west, can get help finding the cheapest fuel following the launch of the state government’s Servo Saver. Servo Saver…
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Manager charged following factory fire
WorkSafe has charged the general manager of a chemical manufacturing company after a worker died at a Derrimut factory in October 2023. The 26-year old…
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Singer ready to rock
A young Hobsons Bay star will dial up the volume at St Kilda’s National Theatre next month in Theatrical Inc’s School of Rock the Musical.…
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Footscray homes for families in need
A $52 million social housing project in Footscray has been completed and will soon provide shelter to more than 160 Victorians currently experiencing or at…
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Footscray aggravated burglary arrest
A man has been arrested after an aggravated burglary in Footscray early on Tuesday morning. Police responded to reports of an aggravated burglary at an…
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Historic collection goes under the hammer
Williamstown identity John ’Banjo’ Patterson OAM believed that the antiques that he avidly collected over his lifetime should be prominently displayed and shared with the…
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