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My Place: Nick Gadd

Writer and psychogeographer Nick Gadd has spent years walking around Melbourne, but the inner-west remains dearest to his heart. He talks with Benjamin Millar   What...

Beach lockers at Altona in statewide first

Hobsons Bay has become the first Victorian council to install beach lockers for people to store their personal belongings. The 60 lockers, next to Norfolk...

Holden on to good times

It seems everywhere you go in Australia, someone has a Holden story. So novelist Paddy O’Reilly collected them and put them in a book...

Walking with pride for Midsumma in Altona

People are invited to join in Hobsons Bay’s first ever pride walk and ‘Marching Together’ exhibition at Altona as part of GOWEST Midsumma Festival...

Deal struck on project tackling homelessness in west

A groundbreaking deal has been struck on a housing project aimed at tackling homelessness in Melbourne’s west. Not-for-profit agency Launch Housing has applied to locate...

Teen strangled in Footscray robbery

Police are hunting for a man who strangled and robbed a teenager in Footscray last month. Maribyrnong Crime Investigation Unit detectives have been told a...

Run around the race track

Kyneton residents are invited to pull on their running shoes and set off around Kyneton racecourse on February 5 in support of a good...

Werribee line worst for train fare dodgers

More commuters along the Werribee line are getting a free ride than on any other metropolitan train line, new Public Transport Victoria (PTV) figures...

Back to school for cyclists in Newport

Even seasoned cyclists can get caught out when it comes to road laws and traffic safety. Last year, a cyclist lost a Melbourne Magistrates Court...

Happy 100th for Lorna

Williamstown identity and Australia’s oldest female lacrosse club member, Lorna Rolley (nee Saker), last Friday celebrated her 100th birthday. Born in Williamstown, Mrs Rolley briefly...

Glitz and glamour for Miss Transsexual Australia title

Glitz and glamour will dazzle an audience in Yarraville later this month as entrants vie for the coveted title of Miss Transsexual Australia 2017. A...

Fruit nets more than bats can bear

A Greendale animal rescuer who’s recently saved three bats tangled in fruit tree netting is urging people to be more mindful of wildlife. Naomi Carr,...

Footscray institution Olympic Doughnuts shutting up shop

Footscray’s iconic Olympic Doughnuts is shutting up shop. The Footscray station institution, started up by Nick Tsiligiris in the 1970s, is wrapping up due to...

Altona Meadows Boxing Day thief sought

Police have released an image of a man they want to speak to after a car was broken into at Altona Meadows on Boxing Day. Detectives from...

Rogue carpet cleaner banned for five years

A rogue carpet cleaner who forced his services on the elderly and left one woman too scared to sleep has been ordered by the...

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Come down to Wyndham Carols by Candlelight

Wyndham Carols by Candlelight is returning to the great lawn of Werribee Mansion on Saturday, December 7, in what is poised to be a...