New conducted energy devices for Public Order Response
Victorian frontline police and Protective Services Officers (PSOs) will soon be equipped with new conducted energy devices (CEDs), to ensure they have more non-lethal...
Wyndham tip vouchers offered for sale
People are selling Wyndham tip vouchers on Facebook groups covering Hobsons Bay and Wyndham for $55 each.
It comes as Hobsons Bay councillor Diana Grima...
Residents urged to continue bike riding trend
The Royal Automobile Club of Victoria (RACV) is calling for Maribyrnong and Hobsons Bay residents, as well as all Victorians, to continue the bike...
Independent candidate pledges to secure $43 million for Altona Meadows projects
Hobsons Bay council has welcomed recent commitments from independent candidate for Point Cook Shwetali Sawant to secure funding towards a new pool centre and...
Rates rebate flagged
Maribyrnong council has flagged spending $4 million to help residents and businesses hit hard by the COVID-19 crisis, with almost half tied to a...
My Place
Yarraville Community Garden chair Helen Welch tells Jennifer Pittorino about her work in the community and being named Volunteer of the Year in Maribyrnong’s...
Book in your Santa photos at Highpoint
Santa photo bookings available at Highpoint leading up to Christmas.
Photos are being taken on Level 1 Centre Court (next to JB-HI-FI).
To book please visit:...
Pram-pushing couple steal purse at Highpoint shopping centre
Police are searching for a couple alleged to have stolen a purse from a woman at Highpoint shopping centre in Maribyrnong.
The couple were pushing...
Footscray City College students get life lessons out of Africa
A group of Footscray City College students has undertaken an eye-opening volunteer mission to Tanzania.
The centrepiece of the four-week World Challenge journey was the...
All walks heed respect: Walk With Her
Sarah Cafferkey was a beautiful, bright, bubbly young lady until her life was cruelly cut short.
The 22-year-old was murdered in a Bacchus Marsh unit...
Police searching for alleged apologetic burglar
Maribyrnong Crime Investigation Unit detectives have appealed for public assistance following an aggravated burglary in Yarraville on Thursday, October 27.
A Victoria Police spokesperson said...
Maribyrnong Council rejects cycling infrastructure claim
Maribyrnong council has rejected claims it spends barely half of what it should on cycling infrastructure and is falling well behind neighbouring councils.
Bicycle Network’s...
Art prize is in the mail
Pitjantjatjara artist Mumu Mike Williams is the first winner of the Footscray Art Prize.
Williams won the $10,000 cash prize for his Postbag Painting, in...
Braybrook man charged with firearm and drug trafficking offences
A Braybrook man has been charged with firearm and drug trafficking offences, as part of a police operation to deter illicit firearms use.
Police conducted...
Centenarian shares west side stories
A former Williamstown resident of 85 years, who turned 100 last Thursday, has spent years writing his memoirs.
Now his recollections are making fascinating reading...
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Heritage strategy gets historical approval
The Footscray Historical Society has welcomed Maribyrnong council’s recently released heritage strategy for the next decade.
The Heritage Strategy 2024-34 is designed to be...
