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Blues club puts down new roots

The best-known blues club in Melbourne’s west has found a new home in Newport. The Way Out West (WOW) Roots Music Club, formerly at the...

My Place: Craig Marshall

Newport's Craig Marshall will this month abseil 27 storeys down Melbourne's St James building for Anglicare's Altitude Shift event to raise money for young...

Local election voting fines top $1 million

Fines totalling more than $1 million have been issued to 13,875 registered voters in Hobsons Bay and Maribyrnong alleged to have failed to vote...

Salvos fired in waste war

The Salvation Army in Altona is fearful it will be swamped with rubbish over Easter and is pleading with people to stop using its...

Spotswood developer wins five year battle

A developer has gained approval for a five-storey apartment complex in Spotswood, after five years battling residents, Hobsons Bay council and the state’s planning...

Epic ‘Live for Lily’ ride tackles childhood cancer

When Maribyrnong College teacher Aaron Hester lost his nine-year-old daughter Lily to cancer in 2014, he felt his whole world crumble. Yet from his sense...

Homeless housing roll-out nears full approval

The roll-out of 57 new units to house the homeless in Footscray and Maidstone is all but assured with approvals in place for six...

Footscray to CBD veloway cautiously backed

A new elevated cycling route from the Maribyrnong River to the CBD has been cautiously welcomed by some cyclists, but panned by others as...

Rostered On reveals trials and tribulations of retail

Do you work here? The trials and tribulations of working in retail are being aired for the world to see in a new web comedy...

Western Bulldogs welcome newly arrived migrants to the west

Newly arrived migrants have been getting a kick out of their time in the west thanks to the Western Bulldogs. The 10th annual CALDplay Football...
James Wray addresses the candlelight vigil. Photo by Benjamin Millar

Candlelight vigil reclaims Footscray Park from violence

A candlelight vigil has been held to reclaim Footscray Park from gangs of violent thugs who have been preying on men after dark. Star Weekly...

Parking fine blitz claims: ‘Book anything and everything’

Hobsons Bay council has rejected claims that parking officers have been told to increase the number of fines issued in order to meet a...

Police collar alleged Footscray flasher

Police have arrested a Footscray man who allegedly indecently exposed himself to a child and her mother in Footscray earlier this month. It is alleged...

Road blitz nabs pedal pushers

Speedsters and others drivers flouting the road rules copped the wrath of the law on Hume and Macedon Ranges roads during a recent police...

Planned burn-offs ready to fire

If you see a lot of smoke around Little River early next month, don’t be alarmed. Wyndham council’s controlled burn program is starting on April...

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Free travel for veterans on Remembrance Day

Victorian veterans, war widows and current defence force members will have access to free public transport on Remembrance Day, Monday, November 11. In addition, free...