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Cheers to Communitinnies
When the bars and pubs shut, Footscray’s Hop Nation Brewery pulled together beers made by struggling local independent brewers to home deliver packs of “Communitinnies”.…
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Drive-through testing sites open
Ten drive-through coronavirus testing sites opened in major shopping outlets across Melbourne last week, including Bunnings West Footscray and Highpoint shopping centre. It comes as…
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Farmers’ market proposal for wedding venue
A wedding venue could become the site of Melbourne’s next Slow Food Melbourne Farmers’ Market amid the coronavirus crisis. Happy Receptions at 199 Sunshine Road,…
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Maribyrnong detention centre to house prisoners to slow coronavirus
The former Maribyrnong Immigration Detention Centre will house men leaving jail to “slow the spread of coronavirus”. The state government on Friday announced the centre,…
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Virus rise linked to meatworks cluster
The Cedar Meats processing facility in Brooklyn has been confirmed as the plant at the centre of the latest COVID-19 outbreak. There are 34 cases…
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Pandemic emergency centres identified
Williamstown Town Hall and the basketball stadium in Altona Meadows could be used as emergency relief centres in the event of a local COVID-19 outbreak.…
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Yarraville childcare pupils clear of COVID-19
A Yarraville childcare centre will reopen tomorrow after two children were found not to have coronavirus. The Learning Sanctuary in Gamon Street closed on Wednesday…
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Yarraville centre waits on COVID test
A Yarraville childcare centre has closed as it awaits test results for two children with presumed coronavirus. The Learning Sanctuary in Gamon Street closed on…
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Council offers rates relief
Rates relief forms part of a $6.5 million support package for residents and businesses affected by COVID-19 that was endorsed at last week’s Maribyrnong council…
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From little things, big things grow
What started as a small gesture by a family business has turned into a network of helpers delivering free staples to the elderly and disabled…
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Job loss ‘best chance’ for casuals
A decision to terminate rather than stand down 150 casual employees during the coronavirus crisis has been defended by Maribyrnong council’s chief executive. CEO Stephen…
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A driveway lament for Anzac Day
Williamstown North piper Barry Stewart has played every Anzac Day since 1956. On Saturday, it will be the first time he has played in his…
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Lone figure salutes fallen at Williamstown cenotaph
A lone figure saluting the fallen at Williamstown cenotaph represented many for this year’s Anzac Day dawn service. Members of the community were urged to…
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Special delivery for WWII Digger
World War II Digger Cliff Elliott was delivered his medals on Friday so he could commemorate Anzac Day in lockdown. The air force veteran, who…
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Look for the good times, Digger implores
One of the last surviving Diggers in Melbourne’s west says he is determined not to let coronavirus kill the Anzac spirit. World War II veteran…
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