Filipino activists rally for National Tree Day
Filipino activists will join a local environmental group for a planting event at Newport on National Tree Day.
Friends of Greenwich Bay will plant grasses...
Record attempt for most children in movie scene
With a lot of help from Altona Green Primary School, a filmmaker has attempted to set a Tropfest record for the most child extras...
Youths put family violence education on agenda
Family violence education in Victorian schools could become law after six Hobsons Bay students passed a bill in Youth Parliament to put the issue...
Campaign to preserve historic railway workshop
An online campaign has started to preserve a historic Spotswood railway workshop and surrounding land as a community space.
The Way & Works Workshop at...
Noise complaints drive rooster ban
It's nothing to crow about for roosters in Hobsons Bay.
Roosters will be banned under a proposed shake-up of community local laws.
However, Hobsons Bay corporate...
Funding boost for sexual assault services
Sexual assault services are celebrating a $375,000 windfall to help more children and adults in the west access counselling and support.
State Minister for Families...
Real Madrid striker to join Yarraville soccer clinic
Legendary Real Madrid striker Emilio ‘The Vulture’ Butragueño will share tips with the state’s best and brightest young soccer players at Yarraville this Sunday.
In...
Heartfelt tribute to Billy Broadway
The memory of a Kingsville boy who drowned 75 years ago this month lives on in a prominent local artwork.
William “Billy” Broadway left his...
Altona seniors mourn veteran pilot
Altona Senior Citizens Club is in shock after a former president died in a light plane crash last week.
Ron Stares, 85, of Altona North,...
George Calombaris delays restaurant opening
The opening of George Calombaris’s Hellenic Republic restaurant in Williamstown has been delayed.
The MasterChef star had hoped to open in December on the site...
Nelson Place free parking trial gets the nod
Hobsons Bay Council has voted to trial free parking in part of Williamstown's main dining strip for four days a week from next month.
From August 1-November...
Abusive Catholic brother to remain in clergy
A Catholic brother who sexually abused two girls and a boy while he was a teacher at Altona North will remain a member of...
Seddon barber vows to keep on cutting
Seddon barber Doug Howie has vowed to keep working, despite his iconic Seddon barbershop being set for the chop.
Mr Howie last week discovered that...
African filmmaker accuses police of harassment
An African-Australian filmmaker has accused police of victimising him in a string of racially motivated attacks – a claim that police deny.
Representing himself at...
Epping lecturer wins wine conference gong
When the thermostat plummets, winemaker and viticulture teacher Alastair Reed heads to his local liquor store for a bottle of shiraz.
And he’s not alone....
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Altona East Phoenix has announced its coach for next year's FV state league 2 north-west season. Paul Donnelly, who took over midway through this...
