Footscray home to a brighter tomorrow
A brighter tomorrow is on the cards for at-risk kids in the western suburbs.
The Tomorrow Foundation has set its sights on opening a permanent...
Melton police reject ‘gun culture’ claim
Melton police have denied that the area is turning into a ‘ghetto’ amid reports guns are being discovered in cars every two days in...
Bacchus Marsh Pony Club fears ‘eviction’
Bacchus Marsh Pony Club could face closure if the club is not relocated before redevelopment starts at Bacchus Marsh Racecourse Recreation Reserve (BMRRR), according...
Caps placed on Woollen Mill development
Future high-rise development on the Port Phillip Woollen Mill site in Williamstown will be capped at 25 metres or about eight storeys after the...
Footscray street barber a man on a mission
When Nasir Sobhani picks up his clippers, he’s a man on a mission.
“The Streets Barber” can be found in Footscray’s Nicholson Mall each Monday,...
‘Monster trucks’ coming to a street near you
“Monster trucks” may soon be rolling into local industrial areas after two transport operators put the case for their use to Maribyrnong council.
A report...
$500,000 cut expected from west arts programs
More than half a million dollars of expected funding is about to be stripped from western suburbs arts organisations, leading to widespread job cuts...
Hunt on over Laverton North car fire
Wyndham Crime Investigation Unit detectives are on the hunt for two men following a suspicious car fire in Laverton North last month.
Emergency services were...
Altona land sought for biofuel bid
Questions have been raised about a waste treatment biofuel business offering to buy out Altona landowners on the troubled Burns Road industrial estate.
The 44-hectare...
Dodgy ‘tradies’ target Yarraville elderly
Police are warning inner-west residents to be on the lookout for fake tradies after a spate of deceptions and thefts.
Footscray Inspector Tony Long said...
Muslim leaders speak out against family violence
Hobsons Bay’s Muslim community leaders have spoken out against family violence.
Newport Mosque Imam Abdullah Al Hawari used last Thursday’s pre-Ramadan event at Newport to...
Williamstown woman’s Amaze-ing race
Williamstown’s Avril Hannah-Jones will be running with her family in The Age Run Melbourne next month to raise money for Amaze, formerly Autism Victoria.
She...
Laverton clinic to help society’s most vulnerable
Laverton residents say the suburb’s first GP and community health clinic, which opens this month, will help people among society’s most vulnerable, including those...
Laverton park reopens after anti-crime upgrade
Laverton families have been told they can return to Lohse Street Reserve after a $550,000 anti-crime facelift to improve the park.
Hobsons Bay council received...
Plan saves Williamstown senior citizens centre
Users of the Williamstown Senior Citizens Centre have won a campaign to save their crumbling building from demolition as Hobsons Bay council redraws a...
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Recycling message in bottles
To mark the first anniversary of Victoria’s Container Deposit Scheme (CDS Vic) and coinciding with National Recycling Week, a new interactive installation has opened...
