Aussies asked to open their hearts and homes to Seeing Eye Dogs puppies
Vision Australia Seeing Eye Dogs are asking Aussies, including those in Maribyrnong and Hobsons Bay, to give back this holiday season by becoming carers...
Giving the gift of blood this Christmas
Williamstown community members are encouraged to roll up their sleeves and give the gift of life this Christmas.
Australian Red Cross Lifeblood is running a...
A dream come true for Hockey lovers
The Altona Hockey Club (AHC) is likely to receive a long-awaited $250,000 for a complete refurbishment of the centre.
Hobsons Bay council's proposed capital works...
$17 million boost for Footscray Hospital
A $17 million funding boost will help reopen some of the dozens of beds closed because of Footscray Hospital’s dilapidated state.
But critics argue the...
New Spotswood house price record
A once-blue-collar industrial suburb has hit rich new real estate heights.
The property price record in Spotswood was broken at auction on Saturday, for the...
Hobsons Bay council hosts drug talk for parents
An information session at Altona will help parents and guardians broach the hard subjects of alcohol and drug use with the young people in...
Seddon: Three women unhurt as car ploughs into shop wall
Three women were lucky to escape without injury when the car in which they were travelling ploughed through a metal barrier and into a...
Prison for violent crime spree
A Noble Park man has been sentenced to five years and two months jail for an armed robbery spree, including at McDonald’s restaurants in...
Bid to stave off Footscray childcare closure dashed
Parents launching a last-ditch bid to stave off the closure of a Footscray childcare service have had their hopes dashed.
Star Weekly reported in July...
South Kingsville carer testifies at aged care royal commission
A South Kingsville woman who became a carer after her late grandmother was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer will testify at the aged care royal...
Mayor answers claims about $1 land deal
Hobsons Bay’s mayor has defended the council’s decision not to buy a large parcel of Mobil land for a sports centre, saying it would...
New online tool seeks to save time
A new online platform to help quicken the process for approvals and assessments in Victorian childhood services has been launched by the state government....
Call for more government investment in affordable housing
Organisers of the national housing campaign Everybody’s Home say the latest Rental Affordability Index report underscores the chronic underinvestment in social and affordability over...
Recognising quality financial advice
Yarraville financial advisor Endurance Financial has received two national business awards for their achievements.
The business received the Financial Services Champion award at the 2022...
Footscray house fire
Firefighters battled a house fire in Footscray this afternoon, March 18.
Five pumpers and 32 firefighters turned out to tackle the blaze in Droop Street....
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Federal funding welcomed
Two Maribyrnong and Hobsons Bay schools are among 60 state schools that will receive federal funding for essential upgrades.
Dinjerra Primary School in Braybrook and...
