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Smash and grab at sex shop

Desperate burglars have broken into a Williamstown North adult store in the early hours of Wednesday. The thieves smashed their way into Erotique Adult Centre...

Police hunt man after woman sexually assaulted at Laverton

A woman was forced to the ground in a terrifying sexual assault near Laverton train station. Police have released an image of a man they...

Two per cent rate rise plan for Maribyrnong budget

A $1.5 million allocation to the Church Street Children’s Centre redevelopment, $1.1 million to a playground at Footscray Park and $1 million upgrade of...

New arts festival set for the west

A new arts festival is set to rise from the ashes of the defunct Big West Festival. Maribyrnong council will spearhead an annual three-week arts...

Maribyrnong councillors defend Netherlands cycling study tour

Two Maribyrnong councillors have been given the green light to travel to the Netherlands to study cycling. Mayor Catherine Cumming and deputy mayor Sarah Carter...

Maribyrnong flags councillor cycling trip to the Netherlands

Maribyrnong Council is facing a backlash over a proposal for two councillors to travel to the Netherlands to study cycling. A report to Wednesday night’s...

Korean war memorial bound for Footscray park

Victoria’s first major public memorial honouring those who served in the Korean War will be built in Footscray. Veterans Minister John Eren visited Quarry Park...

State dials up phone reception

High-tech gadgetry will be used to help improve mobile phone coverage on the Regional Rail Link from next year. Last week the state government, Telstra,...

Fast teen takes on the world

Williamstown North teenager Chandler Cooper is living the dream after being contracted for the 2017 Moto3 Junior World Championship in Europe. The 16-year-old, who started riding dirt...

Footscray barbers hair for the long haul

As Footscray undergoes rapid change, some things are hair to stay. Gentrification’s march is yet to overtake the suburb’s hairdressers and barbershops that provide lasting...

Cinema complex and apartments for former Forges site

A new cinema, supermarket and shops topped by a nursing home and more than 200 apartments will be built in the centre of Footscray...

My Place: Abbie Kinniburgh

Seaholme's Abbie Kinniburgh is helping organise next month's national conference for people with disorders of the corpus callosum, such as herself. She speaks with...

Council feels budget squeeze

Hobsons Bay council has released its draft 2017-18 budget which shows rates and waste charges each increasing by two per cent, with the council...

Funding score for sport

Resident soccer and cricket clubs at JT Gray Reserve in Williamstown North have scored $650,000 in state funding towards a new $4million pavilion that...

Dawn service

Hundreds turned out to pay their respects at the Anzac Day dawn service of the embattled Williamstown RSL. From the tiniest members of the 4th...

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Bulldogs beaten on last ball

It was heartbreak for Footscray in Victorian Premier Cricket, losing on the final ball to Casey South Melbourne on Saturday. In the first game back...