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Support sought for drug help app
Sunbury community leaders hoping to develop an Australian-first smartphone app to connect ice users with mentors are calling on residents and businesses to help get…
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Armed robber hits Central Square
An armed robber struck twice at Central Square shopping centre in Altona Meadows on Thursday morning. The centre’s owner confirmed the Aldi supermarket and TAB…
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Work to start on Seaholme seawall
Hobsons Bay council will next month start work on a $731,000 seawall at Seaholme, with works along the municipality’s 23-kilometre shoreline expected to cost up…
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Run for Hope in fight against cancer
When Melinda Bryce was diagnosed with breast cancer, she soon found out she wasn’t alone. The Yarraville mother of two was 29 when she found…
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Haddara crime syndicate member jailed
A drug trafficker involved in a crime syndicate in Williamstown North headed by Fadi Haddara has been sentenced to a minimum of 16 months behind…
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Kingsville’s metal kings celebrate 40 years
Enthusiasm, hard work and a can-do attitude have helped keep Able Industries Engineering in business in the west for 40 years, according to its owners.…
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Take a stand against sitting
Inner-west residents are being urged to get on their feet in the wake of research highlighting the ill-effects of prolonged sitting. Professor Stuart Biddle of…
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Council continues odour investigation
Hobsons Bay council will investigate whether a widespread odour reported in January was caused by a treatment outflow pipe and not seaweed, as claimed by…
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Volunteer beach patrol tackles Altona litter
Residents have started a grassroots group to clean up the foreshore at Altona. Altona Beach Patrol 3018 was formed by marine biologist Matt McArthur and…
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Call to fix Altona Loop during crossing works
Altona residents and Hobsons Bay’s deputy mayor are calling for a partial duplication of the Altona Loop while services are shut down for up to…
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Man charged over Newport heritage rail fires
A Metro Rail employee and CFA volunteer charged with derailing a train on the Hurstbridge line and a string of other arson and sabotage crimes…
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Mural marks 25 years of Angliss Children’s Centre
Artists Tom Civil and Kyoko Imazu have been adding a splash of colour to Angliss Children’s Centre in Footscray to mark the centre’s 25th anniversary.…
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Maribyrnong council extends parking waiver
Maribyrnong councillors have voted to keep parking meters switched off in Yarraville village and central Footscray while council staff develop a new parking policy. Tuesday…
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Council rejects planter boxes despite trial success
Maribyrnong council will not allow planter boxes to be used for growing produce on nature strips, despite previously celebrating the success of an urban farming…
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Fans enjoy Bulldogs’ season preview
PICTURE GALLERY: BULLDOGS PRACTICE MATCH/FAMILY DAY Tom Liberatore made a successful return to the playing field in the Western Bulldogs intra-club practice match held during the…
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