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Williamstown band pushes on
Melton will play host to a FReeZA Push Start Battle of the Bands event on Saturday, December 2. The Western Metropolitan Regional Final heat will…
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Councillors back eight-storey Edgewater hotel
An eight-storey hotel and apartment complex has been approved for development on the site of the half-built Club Edgewater project. Star Weekly last month revealed an…
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Victoria University joins 16 Days of Activism
Victoria University is joining forces with other organisations in the west to promote The 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence Against Women. The university…
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Groups pledge to fight for West Gate Tunnel fix
Community groups are vowing to fight tooth and nail for improvements to the West Gate Tunnel after the $5.5 billion toll road for Melbourne’s west…
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A new class of creativity
Two new art pieces have been unveiled at Point Cook Senior College earlier this week following an artist-in-residency project. The school teamed up with…
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Former Caltex site back to VCAT
Plans for a six storey, 420-dwelling development on the former Caltex site at South Kingsville are headed for the state’s planning tribunal. Newport Properties…
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All aboard are Tenacious
It will be like a scene from another century when the world’s largest wooden ship leaves Williamstown on Sunday. Tall ship Tenacious, which arrived in…
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Coles quiet for a cause
Parents of children with autism have welcomed the weekly ‘Quiet Hour’ at Coles supermarket at Altona Meadows. Coles worked with Autism Spectrum Australia (Aspect) to…
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Clarrie’s date with fame
Clarrie, a three-legged cat from Altona Meadows, stars in the 2018 Lort Smith Backyard Heroes calendar, which raises money to help animals in need. The…
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Doug Heywood rehearsing for his 30th Carols By Candlelight
Williamstown resident Doug Heywood is rehearsing for his 30th year conducting Vision Australia’s Carols By Candlelight on Christmas eve. This year also marks the event’s…
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Warning sounded on roofing scam artists
Inner-west residents are being warned to be alert for roof repair scam artists. An 83-year-old Yarraville man was home alone last week when he had…
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Setting sail into history
In 1951, the Hobsons Bay Yacht Club at Williamstown burned down, along with 45 yachts, 14 dinghies and all paper records in the clubhouse. Now,…
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VCAT rejects three-storey plans for Fresno Street, Altona
Plans to transform an Altona street by replacing 10 single-storey villas with 14 double and triple storey townhouses have been rejected by the state’s planning…
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Open water, big swims
Victoria’s peak open-water swimming event will be held at Williamstown beach in December. Williamstown Swimming and Life Saving Club and Swimming Victoria will host the…
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Budding netball stars join Seven Sisters
Two budding netball stars of the west are winging their way to the Gold Coast for the opportunity of a lifetime. West Footscray’s Helena Gonebale…
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