Hobsons Bay in disarray over early learning centres decision
Tuesday night's Hobsons Bay Council meeting collapsed in disarray after councillors were split over a decision to outsource Altona Meadows and Altona North early...
Map out fun and fitness with orienteering
Put your skills with a map to good use this summer by trying your hand at parks and street orienteering.
The Tuckonie Orienteering Club is...
World-class future for Bulldogs with Victoria University partnership
The future is looking bright for the Footscray Bulldogs following the official launch of a partnership with Victoria University.
VU was officially declared the major...
Fowl funds a healthy boost for Altona North childhood centre
Caitlyn and other children of Altona North Early Childhood Centre have helped build a pen to house their new chooks after receiving a $1200...
Facebook site proves a popular ode to Altona
A Facebook group titled “Altona, I lived there ....” has “gone crazy”, gaining more than 2000 members in its first two weeks.
It was started...
Yarraville pop-up park saved after traders step up
Yarraville will have its pop-up park back this summer after traders stepped in to save the popular initiative.
The Weekly last week reported hundreds of...
Maggot found in sushi at Highpoint food court
Three bites into a sushi roll she had just bought and her stomach lurched to her throat.
Chloe McSaveney, 22, was staring at two halves...
Train derails near West Footscray railway station
V/Line train services to and from Albury are being replaced by buses after a derailment in West Footscray.
A Pacific National freight train derailed on...
Police search for ‘scruffy’ man over Laverton North assault
Police are hunting a "scruffy-looking" man after a 14-year-old girl was assaulted in Laverton North earlier this month.
A police spokeswoman said the teenager was...
Yarraville Pop-up Park: Caning for council over stance
Irate supporters of the dumped Yarraville Pop-up Park are staging a last-ditch campaign for its return this summer.
Hundreds of residents and traders attended a...
Government reneges on supported accommodation rent pledge
The Napthine government is expected to pass a bill in the lower house to raise rents for disabled people two months after promising to...
Police test power outage options across the west
Would Maribyrnong, Hobsons Bay and Wyndham be able to cope if power went out for 72 hours?
That was the emergency scenario put to the...
Maribyrnong playgrounds left in limbo as plug pulled on funds
Two playground upgrades planned for Maribyrnong may be scrapped after the federal government pulled more than $250,000 from the projects.
Maribyrnong council was promised $257,387...
Special day for Footscray, Yarraville students to learn together
A group of Footscray students has raised disability awareness among fellow students in a special day of activities at Yarraville Special Developmental School.
The year...
Vernon Street shopping centre plan under discussion
An information session on the Vernon Street shopping centre in South Kingsville will be held next week.
As reported by the Weekly in September, a...
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Exum, Giddey, Vasiljevic in Boomers squad
Three western suburbs natives, Josh Giddey, Dante Exum and DJ Vasiljevic are still in the mix for the Australian Boomers team for the Olympics.
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