Tag: community
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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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Glory appoint O’Dell
New Yarraville Glory coach Andy O’Dell was itching to get back into coaching.
O’Dell was set to coach Whittlesea United this year and had gone...
