Yarraville’s pop-up park will return for good
Maribyrnong councillors voted unanimously at its meeting on Tuesday night to make Yarraville’s popular pop-up park permanent.
The council will close Ballarat Street between Murray and Canterbury...
Altona North fire guts garden supplies factory
A factory in Altona North has been gutted by a ferocious blaze, coating the region in smoke overnight.
The Metropolitan Fire Brigade was called to...
Carl Marsich returns to Hobsons Bay council fold
New Hobsons Bay councillor Carl Marsich says that supporting Toyota workers is the biggest immediate challenge facing the municipality.
Last Thursday’s countback of votes by...
All-in call for vaccine across Hobsons Bay, Maribyrnong
Ninety-five per cent of children living in Hobsons Bay and Maribyrnong will need to be immunised by the time they start school under a...
Bulldogs back bandicoots and ‘Common Cents’
Western Bulldogs player Mitch Wallis came face to face with Werribee Open Range Zoo’s resident Bulldogs supporter – an Eastern barred bandicoot named Heywood...
Man charged after neurosurgeon stabbed at Western Hospital
UPDATE: A 48-year-old Sunshine North man has been charged with the attempted murder of a neurosurgeon who was stabbed at Western Hospital in Footscray...
Tony Briffa resigns as Hobsons Bay councillor
Hobsons Bay councillor and former mayor Tony Briffa has resigned after six years, citing a desire to focus on family and international human rights...
Former mayor Carl Marsich back on Hobsons Bay council
LATEST: Former Hobsons Bay mayor Carl Marsich will replace outgoing councillor Luba Grigorovitch.
Thursday morning's countback of votes by the Victorian Electoral Commission saw Mr...
Council will not outsource Altona Meadows, Altona North childcare
Parents cried tears of joy on Tuesday night after Hobsons Bay council unanimously voted not to act on a motion to outscource Altona Meadows...
Deportation worries behind man’s death, say friends
Members of Australia’s Eritrean community gathered in Seabrook on Sunday to mourn the death of an asylum seeker.
Rezene Engida, 40, is believed to have...
Toyota Altona: Warning for Prime Minister over jobs losses
A Toyota worker made redundant three years ago says Prime Minister Tony Abbott should “think very carefully” about new jobs for workers hit by...
History maker Luba Grigorovitch is ‘on track’
Hobsons Bay councillor Luba Grigorovitch on Monday made history as the first woman and youngest person to take the reins at Victoria’s Rail, Tram...
Altona: Toyota to exit Australia, 30,000 jobs could go
The end of Australia's car manufacturing industry has arrived, with Toyota on Monday telling its 4200 local staff it will no longer make cars...
Second anonymous letter over Jill Brookes bashing
UPDATE: A mystery man who was captured on police camera has handed in a second anonymous letter relating to the near-fatal bashing of Altona...
Crossing of many colours a celebration for GoWest
Hundreds of people travelled from interstate and across Victoria to paint the first rainbow crossing in Melbourne’s west on Thursday.
Brightening up Sargood Street, outside...
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Crusaders go again
The Western Crusaders are slowly kicking into gear in the Gridiron Victoria division 1 competition.
The Crusaders, who have won the past six Vic Bowl...
