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Woolies coming to old Bunnings site in Altona North
Property fund manager Folkestone has gained Hobsons Bay council’s support to build a Woolworths-anchored retail centre on the old Bunnings site at Altona North. Folkestone…
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Williamstown garage sale for women in Uganda
Women from Uganda will be the beneficiaries of a giant garage sale being held in Williamstown to raise money for the Bwindi Community Program. One…
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Queen’s Birthday honour for Terry Heazlewood OAM
Williamstown’s Terry Heazlewood, well known as a Lions International district governor, has received a Medal of the Order of Australia in the Queen’s Birthday honours…
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Highway Patrol hits the streets for Operation Regal
Westgate Highway Patrol is calling on drivers to take extra care on the roads this weekend. Sergeant Marty Wallace said police would increase their presence…
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Killer ideas at Williamstown Literary Festival
Yarraville’s Janice Simpson, author of Murder at Mt Martha, felt drawn to the 1953 unsolved murder of young Shirley Collins. Simpson, who will speak about…
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Truck fears grow under West Gate Tunnel project
With up to 10,300 more trucks a day predicted to use Millers Road by 2031 under the West Gate Tunnel project, Hobsons Bay council is…
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Malmsbury: Staff living in fear of inmates
By Benjamin Preiss/The Age Youth detention centre staff are refusing to report assaults against them to police because they fear revenge attacks from inmates, Victoria’s…
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Sunbury is raising the bar for men’s health
Sunbury is working to raise the bar for men’s health. A free tradie breakfast, part of Australia’s Men’s Health Week (June 12-18), will be held…
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Citizen’s street art win
A colossal wall mural created by a Yarraville artist has taken out a coveted local prize. Heesco has won the Street Art category of the…
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South American style
Residents of Melbourne’s west will be among the almost 100,000-strong crowd at the soccer blockbuster between Brazil and Argentina at the MCG on Friday. And…
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Snappy design a winner
Two young Maribyrnong designers have scooped inaugural awards for creating art that can be used for bicycle parking. Claudia, 16, from Yarraville won the Creative…
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Calling all young heroes
A 13-year-old Footscray boy’s quick-thinking may have saved a man from being hit by a train. Alexander Lloyd called triple-0 on Sunday January 29 about…
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‘I can’t live like this’
Maria Kariofillidis says the West Gate Tunnel project will be the death of her. The 76-year-old Greek pensioner lives in Hyde Street, Yarraville, opposite…
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Cigarettes stolen in Laverton ram-raid
A haul of cigarettes was stolen after a Laverton supermarket was ram-raided early Friday morning. Police say a light-coloured Nissan Patrol utility reversed through the front…
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7-Eleven fined for fuel leak at Newport
7-Eleven Stores Pty Ltd has been fined more than $7700 for failing to clean up fuel contamination in groundwater under its Newport store. The Environment…
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