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Food Bytes with Sarah Patterson
FB: How would you rate yourself as a cook? ME: Oh, pretty ordinary. I’m OK just for a few things. I sort of went through I stage…
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Altona Meadows’ Carmel Walker honoured
Altona Meadows’ Carmel Walker has received an Order of Australia Medal for helping train doctors and midwives to serve the Pacific Islands. Ms Walker has…
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Hobsons Bay honours its top citizens
An environmental volunteer and a football coach and Down syndrome advocate have been honoured in the Hobsons Bay Citizen of the Year awards. Williamstown’s Marilyn…
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Motorists warned as parking sensors switch on
Motorists who overstay parking time limits are at greater risk of being fined since Maribyrnong council installed parking sensors in Footscray CBD. The new regime…
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Maribyrnong Council honours Civic Awards winners
Seddon Deadly Sins cafe co-owner Chris Gooden has been recognised as Maribyrnong council’s 2019 Citizen of the Year. The 2019 Maribyrnong Civic Awards recognised local…
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Bulmans Road on the radar
Melton traffic congestion is on the agenda for VicRoads and an interchange at Bulmans Road in Brookfield is one of the options being explored. Brookfield…
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Slow Food Farmers’ Market coming to Spotswood
The Slow Food Farmers’ Market is moving to Spotswood Kingsville RSL after more than 11 years at Abbotsford Convent. Slow Food Melbourne president Alison Peake…
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Miss Gay & Miss Transsexual to be crowned
The competition will be fierce when contestants from around the country and overseas converge at Williamstown next month for the Miss Gay & Miss Transsexual…
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OAM honour for Marilyn King
Helping other people is in Marilyn King’s blood. Growing up “incredibly poor” in the central Queensland town of Biloela, her parents were nevertheless known throughout…
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Cricket service scores OAM for Mel Jones
Mel Jones has plenty of runs on the board in making her mark in male-dominated fields. The Footscray resident has now been recognised with a…
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My Place: Anna Bourozikas
Anna Bourozikas, festival director of the Setting Sun Film Festival, feels at home thanks to the diversity of Melbourne’s inner-west. She speaks with Benjamin Millar…
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Grape expectations for Yarraville Festival competition
Organisers of a grape squashing competition at next month’s Yarraville festival are promising the event will be a barrel of fun. St Nicholas Greek school…
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Real stories in safety push
By Joanna Catalano Maritime Safety Victoria and Life Saving Victoria are challenging boaters and paddlers to practise getting back on their boats and kayaks this boating…
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From wreck to top rod
Altona’s David King will exhibit his rare Ford T-bucket drag car during the Australia Day weekend. The car is thought to be one of the…
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Police crew steps up beach patrols
“Hey, cuz!” A beachgoer gives a friendly greeting as she passes officers from the Hobsons Bay summer policing crew. Soon after, a teenage boy stops…
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