Hobsons Bay recyclables accepted at depot
Hobsons Bay residents can drop off recyclables at the council’s Altona depot this Saturday.
The council plans to accept recyclables fortnightly until further notice.
It follows...
Seven-story tower planned for Footscray Park edge
A seven-storey apartment block may go up on the edge of Footscray Park after Maribyrnong council unsuccessfully fought to claim the land as its...
Paws for mental health
An Altona woman who will feature in a national philanthropic TV show is holding a dog-centric fundraiser for mental health – a cause close...
Inner west puts out the welcome mat for refugees
As thousands of people rallied around Australia on Sunday demanding better treatment of asylum seekers, inner-west residents are doing their bit to make refugees...
Million dollar facelift for Maribyrnong childcare centre
An extra 40 childcare places will be created when Maribyrnong River Children’s Centre’s million-dollar overhaul is completed early next year.
The refurbishment will include reconstruction...
Libraries closed for public holiday
All Hobsons Bay Libraries branches will be closed for the public holiday on Thursday, January 26.
The 24-hour return chutes will remain open at...
Altona Meadows Community Centre trashed by vandals
All childcare and school holiday activities at Altona Meadows Community Centre have been cancelled after vandals smashed windows and tried to set the building...
Refugee Network screens Murder On The Orient Express
The Hobsons Bay Refugee Network has set in train its final film fundraiser for the year.
The HBRN will next week screen a remake of...
Two arrested after more than two tonnes of tobacco seized in Altona North
Police seized more than two tonnes of illicit tobacco and cigarettes during a search warrant in Altona North last week.
Police were called to...
VU staff protest for “fair pay”
This week Victoria University (VU) staff launched a protest rally targeting university management over what they’ve described as a lack of a fair pay...
Police investigate neo-Nazi material at VU Footscray campus
Police are examining CCTV footage showing neo-Nazi stickers and posters being plastered over Victoria University’s Footscray Park campus.
Homophobic material and “Nazi Youth” stickers with...
Dad inspires a champion boxer
If You Could See Me Now – that’s the song world champion boxer Sylvia Scharper thinks of when she enters the ring and remembers...
Bypass parcel pirates
With online shopping booming and Christmas just around the corner, 'porch piracy' or the criminal act of stealing delivered parcels from a person’s front...
A new twist to ancient stage story of Medea
A reworked telling of an ancient stage classic is about to make its world premiere in Footscray.
Performer Deborah Leiser-Moore will deliver Medea: Kaddish for...
Supporting each other through COVID
With Victoria enduring its fifth lockdown and COVID fatigue well and truly setting in, our community’s resilience has again been tested.
From our businesses...
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Windridge steps down
West Footscray women’s premiership coach Shane Windridge is stepping down from the role.
Windridge took on the role as coach in late 2019 and guided...
