Oriental Hotel: Williamstown pub to be demolished
Australia’s oldest three-storey pub is to be demolished after a government department declared it held no heritage significance at state level.
The 19th-century Oriental Hotel...
Newport sex attacks: Women stand together
Newport women say they must continue to empower themselves, despite the prime suspect for a string of sex attacks moving out of the area.
Newport...
Traders welcome paid parking freeze
Traders in Yarraville and Footscray are celebrating the summer freeze on parking fees.
Footscray Traders Association president Ben Coyle said the decision was a good...
Clean up or pay up says EPA
A Tottenham company and its Director and General Manager will pay $23,000 in fine, costs and donations after failing to comply with an EPA...
Two women injured by same ‘trip hazard’
One woman broke her arm and another dislocated her shoulder after tripping in the same hole at an Altona North building site.
Resident Geoff Mitchelmore...
Altona North unit price growth tops the state
Altona North units recorded the highest price growth in the state over the past decade, the latest Top Ten in Ten Years report by...
Williamstown banks to go under the hammer
Three adjoining bank freeholds at Williamstown go under the hammer next month for a combined asking price of more than $10 million.
The properties at...
Victorians urged to keep up to date with cancer checks
The state government is calling on Victorians, including those in Maribyrnong and Hobsons Bay, to make sure their cancer screenings checks are up to...
ParKanDo win volunteering award
ParKanDo, a grassroots support group for people impacted by Parkinson's, has won the grassroots volunteering award in the state governments 2023 Volunteering Awards.
On Tuesday,...
Mum warns of water beads harm
Western suburbs mum Sana Awan wants to warn parents about the danger 'water beads' can cause after her son had to have one surgically...
Draft plans to improve road safety in Victoria Street, Ferguson Street will consider heritage...
Hobsons Bay City Council has said that draft plans to improve road safety in Victoria Street and Ferguson Street will consider heritage features.
The proposed...
$2.5m upgrade for Williamstown Cricket Ground
Nearly $2.5 million has been allocated in this year's Hobsons Bay council budget to reconstruct Williamstown Football Club's home ground.
Works at Downer Oval, aka...
Chef Bridget Bottcher takes culinary gold
Footscray chef Bridget Bottcher has scored a sizzling course win in Australia’s longest-running culinary competition.
Ms Bottcher, 22, took home gold for her entrée and...
Beloved former councillor dies
The First female elected Councillor of Footscray City Council, Sika Kerry OAM died peacefully at age 85.
Ms Kerry died on Tuesday, April 18,...
My Place
Braybrook's Matthew Ferguson has been expressing himself through hip-hop dance for about 11 years as a way to overcome his intellectual disabilities, with his...
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Snap up a snapper
Summer equals snapper season and if you or anyone you know comes back from the bay with a haul, here’s how you can put...
