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Drone prison ban takes off
Drones will be banned from being used near jails after several were spotted near the three Ravenhall prisons. A drone was also intercepted three years…
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Ballan wins new CFA training centre
Ballan will be home to the new Country Fire Authority training centre. The state government announced on Monday its plans for the new facility, two…
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Altona units, West Footscray houses on the rise
Altona has pipped Toorak to record Melbourne’s second highest unit price growth, according to the Domain House Price Report for the March quarter. West Footscray…
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Kooringal Golf Club award par for the course
Kooringal Golf Club at Altona has scored back-to-back wins after being named best golf club for the second consecutive year. It was a joint winner…
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Pen pistols, ice, land man in jail
A man has been sentenced to 12 months’ jail for manufacturing pen pistols and trafficking heroin and methamphetamine or ice. Nghia Lam, 37, who was…
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Last call to pass Queen’s baton for Commonwealth Games
With just five days left to nominate someone to carry the Queen’s baton for the 2018 Commonwealth Games, a retired Williamstown Primary School principal recounts…
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All star cast for Williamstown Literary Festival
More than 80 authors will feature in this year’s Williamstown Literary Festival, it was revealed at last Thursday’s program launch. Local favourites to return include…
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Footscray Hospital’s oldest volunteer applauded
At 92, great-grandmother Marie Marchant is older than many of the patients she cares for at Footscray Hospital. The long-time Deer Park resident signed up…
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Life of pie for pastry chef
West Footscray’s Santiago Cuyugan will be competing against finalists from as far as Russia and the US in the Savour Patissier of the Year competition…
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Pride of place in Footscray
Footscray’s first “community bar” is on the verge of becoming a reality. Pride of our Footscray, which will be co-owned by hundreds of shareholders, is…
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$40,000 fine for forklift incident
A Laverton North company has been fined $40,000 after a forklift incident resulted in one of its employees needing facial reconstructive surgery. Australian Paper Recovery…
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Boulevard plan gets big tick
A “derelict” site at Caroline Springs will soon be demolished to make way for two multi-storey developments in a bid to “bring glory” to the…
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Elderly cancer patient fights to stay at Altona Meadows’ home
An elderly Altona Meadows woman who is in the advanced stages of cancer is in danger of losing her rental home. Roma Prosser, 89, is…
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State budget brings money for Brimbank schools and roads
One of the big-ticket items in last week’s state budget for Brimbank residents is $23 million for the purchase of land needed to complete Taylors…
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Spotswood residents in dark over tunnel
Spotswood residents seeking more open space and a ban on trucks as a trade-off for the impact of the West Gate Tunnel project are being…
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