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Williamstown RSL votes to redevelop site

Williamstown RSL members have voted to redevelop the club into a five-storey apartment block with retail on the ground floor and smaller facilities for...

School bush garden to stregthen Aboriginal ties

Pupils of Altona Meadows Primary School have planted a bush garden in a bid to strengthen ties between Aboriginal students and the local Indigenous...

Volunteers haul tons of trash

A rubbish haul of 50 old tyres and more than 80 wheelie bins full of trash has been removed from Williamstown’s Wader Beach in...

A wish and 1400 cranes for atom bomb victims

Altona Primary School pupils have made 1400 paper peace cranes to mark the 70th anniversary of the atomic bombing of the Japanese cities of...

Williamstown shipyard job woes deepen

About 150 job losses are expected at Williamstown’s naval shipyard in the wake of the federal government’s announcement of a $40 billion continuous shipbuilding...

Silent protest to Yarraville paid parking

Residents boycotted Maribyrnong council’s final community forum before the council introduces paid parking in Yarraville next week. The council hand-picked 13 representatives of interested parties...

Good support for Daffodil Day

A bunch of job-seekers are raising money for charity while honing their skills by creating daffodils with a difference. A Good Support – a not-for-profit...

Click away for Stony Creek photo competition

Shutterbugs are being urged to capture the life and times of Yarraville’s Stony Creek. Friends of Stony Creek president Steve Wilson (pictured) said a photographic...

Pupils show the way to engage

Pupils at St Mary’s Parish Primary School want the Williamstown community to share the love this month through a project to help 1500 families. The...

Students on mission to eradicate education diadvantage

Sophia D’Ambra is on a mission to eradicate education disadvantage, starting with Melton Secondary College. Ms D’Ambra is a Teach for Australia (TFA) associate on...

Training institution closes over alleged rorts

A Footscray training institution has been shut down and its owner charged with a string of offences over an alleged multi-million dollar student visa...

80 jobs to go at Footscray garment factory

Eighty workers at a West Footscray uniform factory face will lose their jobs when the company closes its doors at the end of next...

Deja vu as fire destroys historic rail carriages

Fire has again struck the Newport rail yards, with two historic rail carriages destroyed in a suspicious blaze which ripped through a shed early this...

Driver killed in three-car crash in Maribyrnong

A man has died following a head-on car crash in Maribyrnong on Saturday night. Police at the scene of the fatal collision believe a car travelling...

Man killed after driving wrong way on freeway

Police were unable to prevent a fatal head-on collision after a man was spotted driving on the wrong side of the Princes Freeway on Friday...

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Youth award named after Les Twentyman

Maribyrnong council’s Youth Leadership Award has been renamed in honour of the late Les Twentyman in recognition of his lifelong advocacy for Victoria's most...