IN FOCUS: Day care for the VIPs in your family
VIP Family Day Care is run by mother-and-daughter team Gail Sinopoli and Angela Buttigieg, who wanted to offer more families with children aged six weeks to 12 years the nurturing, small-group approach for which family day care is known and loved.
Costs keep creeping on Church Street childcare redevelopment
The cost of redeveloping a demolished West Footscray childcare centre has blown out to almost $6 million – close to three times the initial...
Hunt for men over robbery of driver in West Footscray
Police are searching for two men over an armed robbery in West Footscray that left a man in hospital.
A man driving his car on...
On the Run from Poverty
Three members of a Williamstown family have headed to Kenya to run a marathon raising funds for children living in poverty.
Cain Speakman, his father...
Doug Hawkins sizzles at Sons of the West masterclass
Bulldogs legend Doug Hawkins put in a sizzling performance for the recent ‘Man vs. Food’ Sons of the West cooking masterclass at Newport Community...
Western Bulldogs Leadership Project diary: A day at Whitten Oval
Students from the Western Bulldogs Community Foundation Leadership Project recently spent an entire day at Victoria University Whitten Oval.
For the first half of the...
Not too bright driver has car impounded
A 22-year-old Altona Meadows driver has lost his car for the next month after police spotted the man speeding in Hoppers Crossing early this...
Libraries looking for coats to collect
Maribyrnong libraries are throwing the book at chilly weather by holding a coat drive.
Residents with a coat or jacket they no longer need are...
Sims Supermarket Footscray page crushes the web
A parody Facebook page for Footscray’s Sims Supermarket has attracted more than 7000 followers within a fortnight of being created.
The page emerged as Star...
Trio charged over string of armed taxi robberies
Three men have been charged over a series of armed robberies on taxi drivers in the inner-west.
Police have investigated a number of incidents where...
Police plead for clues to Altona bookshop bashing
Five years ago this week, Altona bookshop owner Jill Brookes was bashed and left for dead in the aisle of her Harrington Square store.
Despite...
Footscray focus for new arts festival
A guerrilla opera cruise, a scandalous all-girl Sherlock Holmes cabaret and performances at the Franco Cozzo furniture store will all feature as part of...
Push for residents to have say on Maribyrnong Defence site
The state government has vowed to work with residents in shaping development of the former Maribyrnong Defence site, as the Federal government moves ahead...
Cyclists push return of West Footscray velodrome
Cyclists are peddling an ambitious proposal to return a velodrome to a neglected West Footscray park.
The centrepiece of the proposed Maribyrnong Community Cycling Hub...
Hit-run victim praises help
A cyclist left for dead in a hit-and-run in Footscray has praised the community for its outpouring of support since the incident.
Cyclist Christobal Valencia,...
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Youth award named after Les Twentyman
Maribyrnong council’s Youth Leadership Award has been renamed in honour of the late Les Twentyman in recognition of his lifelong advocacy for Victoria's most...
