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Police build on ties with Footscray community
Police have been hammering home their community building credentials in a bid to improve safety in Footscray. A police-led project to build a new wall…
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Yarraville Community Centre marks 40 years
Residents young, old and in-between joined in the fun last Thursday to help Yarraville Community Centre celebrate 40 years in the community. Youngsters, including Jessica,…
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Concerns over Footscray African centre’s future
A community leader says any hope for the continuation of a centre “by and for” African-Australians at Footscray will crumble with the departure of one…
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Altona Lions Club celebrates 50 years
Lions Club of Altona is 50 years old this year and 97 past and present members and friends marked the occasion with a dinner recently.…
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CWA Footscray branch is no half-baked idea
It’s not just about the scones … Louise Taylor has been cooking up plans for a new Footscray branch of the Country Women’s Association, and…
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Football clubs clash over Langshaw Reserve
Newport and Williamstown junior football clubs are embroiled in a stoush over the use of Langshaw Reserve in Altona North. Newport is accusing Williamstown of…
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New Men’s Shed for Tottenham
Men in Melbourne’s inner west will have a space to call their own when a new Men’s Shed opens in Tottenham, thanks to a $44,0000…
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Baggy bags prestigious Scouts honour
The Cub leader of the 4th Williamstown Sea Scouts has received Scouting’s third-highest award for distinguished service, the Silver Koala. Peter “Baggy” Ryan, 41, joined…
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Fun and free Chin workshops come to Braybrook
The Chin Project is helping new arrivals learn English through a host of fun and free activities at Braybrook Community Hub. Developed by four passionate…
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Idea planted for new community garden
A new community garden celebrating the inner west’s cultural diversity is on the agenda for West Footscray. Landscape designer Tash Geelen has been dreaming of…
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Positives drawn from Broadmeadows summit
Broadmeadows will finally get its northern city gateway – a tree boulevard and improved road interchanges along its Pascoe Vale Road town entrance. The oft-neglected…
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Central West donates cost of stolen computers
A Braybrook shopping centre has come to the rescue of a school hit by the theft of valuable computer equipment. Dinjerra Primary School principal Graeme…
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School bush garden to stregthen Aboriginal ties
Pupils of Altona Meadows Primary School have planted a bush garden in a bid to strengthen ties between Aboriginal students and the local Indigenous community.…
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Volunteers haul tons of trash
A rubbish haul of 50 old tyres and more than 80 wheelie bins full of trash has been removed from Williamstown’s Wader Beach in a…
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Pupils show the way to engage
Pupils at St Mary’s Parish Primary School want the Williamstown community to share the love this month through a project to help 1500 families. The…
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