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Mayor fed up with bridge crashes
Urgent action is needed to cut the number of over-height trucks crashing into Footscray’s Napier Street rail bridge following yet another collision last week, according…
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Developer fined $8856 for illegal tree removals
The developer of a childcare centre at the former Laverton Park Primary School has been fined for illegally removing three eucalyptus trees planted by pupils…
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Footscray cleans up its mess
Footscray traders are backing a Maribyrnong council anti-litter campaign aimed at cleaning up their community. Signage on rubbish bins around Footscray Mall and footpath designs…
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No more ‘winters’ as Mairead’s abuser does time
Altona’s Mairead Ashcroft has spent nearly 17 years – or, as she describes it, “16 winters” – trying to get the Catholic brother who molested…
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Kingsville brought to life in a new book
The rich history of one of Melbourne’s smallest suburbs is being brought to life in a new book. A Distinctive ‘Wedge’ in the West: A…
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$2.3m works to begin on Riddell Road
A $2.3 million project to improve safety on one of Sunbury’s busiest arterial roads should be completed by the end of the year. Sunbury MP…
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Catholic brother receives three-year sentence
A Catholic brother who sexually abused two girls and a boy while he was a teacher at Altona North has been sentenced to three years’…
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Footscray police blitz injury hotspots
Footscray police will soon be cracking down on pedestrians and cyclists in a bid to cut the number of injuries and deaths occurring on the…
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Hole lot of history ignored
Three years after Victoria’s oldest-known military bunker was unearthed at Williamstown Cricket Ground, it remains a fenced-off “hole in the ground” with no work done…
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Council throws Vinnies soup van a lifeline
A Footscray soup van has been thrown a lifeline in its bid to keep serving more than 50,000 meals for people in need each year.…
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“SaiGon Welcome Arch” to begin construction
A 20-year journey to build Footscray’s SaiGon Welcome Arch is nearing an end with the archway’s final design completed. A pair of giant cranes at…
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Real Madrid puts young guns through their paces
Fifty of the state’s rising soccer stars were treated to a chance to train alongside legendary Real Madrid striker Emilio Butragueño in Yarraville on Sunday.…
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Joint police, sheriff operation nets $385,000
A joint operation between police and sheriff officers in Altona Meadows netted $385,000 in unpaid fines in one day. Forty members of the Hobsons Bay…
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Council supports call for marriage equality
Maribyrnong council is throwing its support behind the growing campaign for marriage equality. Councillor Sarah Carter moved a motion at the last council meeting calling…
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Hardened criminals put with asylum seekers
Hundreds of convicted criminals are being held alongside vulnerable asylum seekers in Australian detention centres, including the Maribyrnong Immigration Detention Centre (MIDC). Figures released last…
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