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Tough guys read tough books
The first rule of Tough Guy Book Club is you are quite free to talk about Tough Guy Book Club. The second rule is it’s…
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Lakeside laughter club will crack you up
They say laughter is the best medicine and now people can get their weekly dose in Altona. Altona’s Carolyn Nicholson has started the Cherry Laughter…
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Williamstown residents fight to keep crossing
Williamstown residents have started a Facebook group to unite against the state government’s plan to remove the level crossing at Williamstown North railway station. Vivienne…
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Australian Ballet performs at Spotswood school
The Australian Ballet went to Spotswood Primary School last week to give youngsters an idea of what it takes to work in the arts. Children…
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Footscray artist joins QVM public art lab
The multi-layered history of an iconic Melbourne marketplace is proving valuable fodder for the imagination of a Footscray artist. Steven Rhall is one of 13…
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$100k appeal to buy Shenandoah diary
The State Library has launched a public appeal to raise $100,000 to buy the diary of an officer aboard the CCS Shenandoah, a Confederate raider…
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Residents mobilise against freeway flyover
Spotswood and South Kingsville residents have formed a lobby group to fight the possibility of four-storey-high freeway flyovers being built close to their homes. Transurban…
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Community pitch brings the cash
Inner-west community groups have enjoyed a funding boost of more than $20,000 thanks to local businesses and a community bank. Organisations who took part in the…
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Helen Bertocci in awe at community support
The family of Altona North man Roger Bertocci, who was killed going to the aid of a pregnant woman being assaulted by her partner, has…
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Newport Muslim leaders to fight family violence
Hobsons Bay’s Muslim community leaders are ready to play their part in fighting family violence as a new mosque being built at Newport places them…
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Funding black hole for western arts
Footscray-based Western Edge Youth Arts and Snuff Puppets are among many established western suburbs arts groups that have failed to secure four-year funding through the Australia…
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Second track to improve Altona loop services
Trains will be able to pass one another on the Altona loop when the state government duplicates 800 metres of track as part of the…
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Struggle Street makers look to Braybrook
UPDATE: Plans to film the second series of reality television program Struggle Street in Braybrook have been quashed after Maribyrnong Council rejected the producer’s application to…
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Council wants low-density housing on school sites
Hobsons Bay council is opposing the state government’s proposal to rezone the former Altona Gate Primary School at Altona North to allow four-storey residential development,…
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Toll workers honour workmate with Biggest Morning Tea
Toll Global Logistics of Laverton took part in Australia’s Biggest Morning Tea last Thursday in honour of a much-loved workmate who lost his battle with…
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