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New housing estate for Williamstown North ‘an experiment’
The former Hobsons Bay Caravan Park at Williamstown North is set to become a new estate housing about 400 people over 2.175 hectares. Hobsons Bay…
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Boomerang Bags cut reliance on plastic
Hobsons Bay Boomerang Bags will feature at a stall at Altona’s Logan Reserve on Australia Day to raise awareness about how people can reduce their…
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‘Outing Disability’ opens in Brimbank
A new exhibition at Brimbank Community and Civic Centre aims to improve understanding of the struggles faced by LGBTQI people who are also living with…
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Dumped cat Devante is fighting for his life
A cat dumped in a backpack and left for dead on a sweltering summer day is slowly returning to health, according to his rescuers. The cat,…
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Airport baggage thief burgles Altona Meadows home
A woman has stolen four bags from a Melbourne Airport carousel and later burgled the Altona Meadows home of one of the victims. Investigators from…
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My Place: Nick Gadd
Writer and psychogeographer Nick Gadd has spent years walking around Melbourne, but the inner-west remains dearest to his heart. He talks with Benjamin Millar …
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Beach lockers at Altona in statewide first
Hobsons Bay has become the first Victorian council to install beach lockers for people to store their personal belongings. The 60 lockers, next to Norfolk…
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Holden on to good times
It seems everywhere you go in Australia, someone has a Holden story. So novelist Paddy O’Reilly collected them and put them in a book titled…
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Walking with pride for Midsumma in Altona
People are invited to join in Hobsons Bay’s first ever pride walk and ‘Marching Together’ exhibition at Altona as part of GOWEST Midsumma Festival events.…
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Deal struck on project tackling homelessness in west
A groundbreaking deal has been struck on a housing project aimed at tackling homelessness in Melbourne’s west. Not-for-profit agency Launch Housing has applied to locate…
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Teen strangled in Footscray robbery
Police are hunting for a man who strangled and robbed a teenager in Footscray last month. Maribyrnong Crime Investigation Unit detectives have been told a…
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Run around the race track
Kyneton residents are invited to pull on their running shoes and set off around Kyneton racecourse on February 5 in support of a good cause.…
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Werribee line worst for train fare dodgers
More commuters along the Werribee line are getting a free ride than on any other metropolitan train line, new Public Transport Victoria (PTV) figures reveal.…
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Back to school for cyclists in Newport
Even seasoned cyclists can get caught out when it comes to road laws and traffic safety. Last year, a cyclist lost a Melbourne Magistrates Court…
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Happy 100th for Lorna
Williamstown identity and Australia’s oldest female lacrosse club member, Lorna Rolley (nee Saker), last Friday celebrated her 100th birthday. Born in Williamstown, Mrs Rolley briefly…
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