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VCAT rejects apartments next to Williamstown hotel

The state’s planning tribunal has refused to allow a three-storey apartment building next door to a live music venue at Williamstown. Mazark and Associates applied...

Braybrook Masters to close by December 11

Braybrook’s Masters store is expected to be turned into a home improvement centre after Woolworths confirmed it will close its entire range of Masters...

Westgate Golf Club faces hole lot of pain

Nestled in the shadows of the West Gate Bridge, Westgate Golf Club is now also existing under a cloud of doubt over its future. The...

Supermarket for old Bunnings site at Altona North

Plans have been lodged for a Woolworths supermarket and seven large retail outlets on the old Bunnings site at Altona North. Original plans that included...

Kinder children create mosaic snake

Children at the Range Children’s Centre in Williamstown have brightened up their carpark with help from a world-renowned mosaic artist. Altona-based artist Julee Latimer worked...

Yarraville businessman faces ruin over boatshed trial

The case against a Yarraville man embroiled in a three-year legal battle with Wyndham council over works he did at a public reserve is...

Saintly inspiration for a Footscray school

A “mountain” of food is making its way to people in need thanks to the generosity of families at a Footscray school. St John’s Primary...

Education program sets safety net to catch early leavers

A new program has been launched to target early school leavers in Wyndham and Hobsons Bay. Reconnect, funded by the state government, aims to engage...

Buddy bench pairs up at Altona Primary School

The concept of a buddy bench has taken off so well that Altona Primary School now has two. Radio presenter Meshel Laurie, whose twins attend...

Williamstown Chronicle building turns new page

The former Williamstown Chronicle building will get a modern makeover after a three-storey development was approved last week by Hobson Bay council. A special planning...

Drug deal claims in childcare closure

Parents at a Footscray childcare centre say claims of nearby drug dealing and inappropriate music fail to justify closing the centre’s doors. Star Weekly last...

More apartments planned opposite West Footscray station

A seven-storey apartment complex proposed for construction opposite West Footscray railway station has ben rejected by Maribyrnong council. The council on Tuesday night rejected the proposal for...

Battle of Long Tan remembered 50 years on

This week marks 50 years since the Battle of Long Tan in South Vietnam. To commemorate, the Vietnam Veterans Association Melbourne West Sub-branch is inviting...

Crowd demands end to rat-running in Yarraville

More than 100 residents shut down a busy Yarraville intersection last week to protest the state government’s refusal to commit to blanket truck bans...

Truck street homes in Yarraville unwanted

Yarraville residents facing an increase in dangerous truck traffic are calling on the state government or toll road operator Transurban to buy their homes. Hyde...

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The Princess Bride takes over Penrose

You can’t visit the fictional kingdom of Florin in person, but you can come down to Penrose Place in Tarneit and watch one of...

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