Rate rise ‘lacks empathy’
Hobsons Bay council's draft 2021-22 budget has been described as lacking empathy towards ratepayers because of a proposed rate rise of "3.5 per cent...
Volunteer rubbishes beach data
Star Weekly has looked back at our editions and picked out a selection of our favourite stories from 2022, including the story about an...
Hotel Westwood launches Club Salsa
Footscray’s Hotel Westwood was well and truly jumpin’ and jivin’ during its launch of its new Club Salsa experience on Thursday, June 2.
Panamanian DJ...
From the archives
From the archives – Star Weekly looks back through the pages of our predecessors.
10 years ago
May 9, 2012
Close shave. New hope for old barber...
Warning rings over mobile phone snatching
Footscray Police are warning people to watch out for thieves snatching mobile phones.
Unsuspecting victims are being asked the time by a stranger and when...
My Place
Young academic Sunny Nguyen tells Jennifer Pittorino about his work in the community and his connection to Maribyrnong.
Can you tell us your name, title,...
Vietnamese fun, study for Footscray Primary School pupils
A group of Footscray Primary School pupils has touched down in Vietnam for a two-week study tour.
Principal Philip Fox is leading the 19 year...
Footscray Hockey Club scores major goal at sport awards
The Footscray Hockey Club has taken out one of the top awards in the 2021 Victorian Sport Awards.
Announced on Wednesday, June 15, the club...
Minister responds to review of homes near hazards
Hobsons Bay residents and the council have welcomed Planning Minister Richard Wynne’s decision to accept major recommendations from an independent review of residential development...
Ministerial intervention paves way for new social housing
Almost 60 new social housing units will be built in Footscray and Maidstone to house the homeless after the state government used its powers...
Hobsons Bay Compost Revolution program expanded
Hobsons Bay council is expanding its Compost Revolution program, giving residents more options to be as sustainable as possible.
Residents will now be able to...
From the archives
From the archives – Star Weekly looks back through the pages of our predecessors.
January 23, 2002
Middle Footscray railway station will stay.
January 29, 1992
The site...
Williamstown RSL regroups to fight closure
Williamstown RSL has scrapped plans to develop the club into a five-storey apartment block in a bid to fight its way out of debt,...
Altona mother driven by son’s untimely death
An Altona mother who lost her son to leukemia three years ago is raising money for the organisation that helped her family in the...
Next gig: Opera de Lyon
Williamstown opera singer Brenton Spiteri will depart for France this week to work with Opera de Lyon, the nation’s second-largest opera company.
The 28-year-old tenor...
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