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Have your say on redevelopment

The Williamstown Swimming and Lifesaving Club (WS&LSC ) is seeking community feedback on plans to redevelop the club. The Board of Directors said the survey...

Radical shakeup of Footscray education

A new junior high school campus would be created in Seddon and Gilmore College for Girls would become co-ed under a radical shake-up of...

Celebrating strong women for International Women’s Day

Women of all ages in Maribyrnong are invited to put on the boxing gloves to celebrate International Women’s Day (IWD). The Strong Sisters Australia Movement,...

Councillors hold firm on weekly bin collection

Did you miss this story? Here’s your chance to read (or reread) on one of our favourite stories from 2021! Four Hobsons Bay councillors who...

Waste charges up in proposed Hobsons Bay budget

Hobsons Bay residents are encouraged to shape the future of the region, with Hobsons Bay's proposed budget for the next financial year now out...

Family violence, brain injury link

Ground-breaking research launched in Melbourne on Tuesday shows two in five Victorians hospitalised for family violence has sustained a brain injury. The Australian-first research, led...

A ruby in Altona’s crown

Spotswood’s Jude Hanson, whose grandfather Thomas Miller once owned Millers Road, will help unveil a plaque on the 40th anniversary of Altona Gate Shopping...

Search for missing Maidstone man

Police are appealing for public assistance to help locate missing Maidstone man Anthony. The 63-year-old was last seen at Dobson Reserve in Maidstone around 10.20am...

Lighting up our life

Christmas lights … let’s think about the concept. Why is Australia so big on them? Most people, if you ask them, mention children when thinking about...

New development zones for Hobsons Bay

Pockets of Altona, Laverton, Altona North, South Kingsville and Williamstown have been earmarked for “substantial change” under three new residential development zones in Hobsons...

Long awaited funding flows

Hobsons Bay residents have emerged victorious following the handing down of last Tuesday’s state budget, which included $12 million for a long awaited...

Pigeon club to fly off the block

It will be race to win at auction. The 94-year-old home of Yarraville Racing Pigeon Club, at 23 Regent Street, is being advertised for sale...

Pet dog rescued from Footscray bonsai nursery fire

A pet German Shepherd has had a lucky escape from a fire that tore through the Sweet Grass Bonsai Nursery Cafe in Footscray on...

Ben Brown kicks in for charity house

Star Melbourne AFL forward Ben Brown has joined two junior champions to give the thumbs-up to a Tarneit charity home raising funds for the...

Tree vandals strike Altona

Vandals have been poisoning trees on nature strips and other public land in Hobsons Bay, costing ratepayers thousands of dollars. In the latest case, a...

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Multicultural services anniversary celebrated

Celebrations were held in Footscray last week to mark the 35th anniversary of a program which has helped a generation of migrants make themselves...

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