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Water Police officer hands in badge after four decades
After countless rescues in Port Phillip Bay, possibly the biggest job of Leading Senior Constable Mark Hurwood’s career was evacuating people from the bushfire-ravaged Mallacoota...
Over the rainbow to Scienceworks
Scienceworks has reopened for the winter school holidays with a "sharing of rainbows".
General manager Jonathan Shearer said as well as the planetarium, lightning room...
Altona Meadows aged care worker tests positive
An Altona Meadows aged care worker is among 15 active COVID-19 cases in Hobsons Bay out of a total of 40.
The employee at Benetas St...
Man jailed 27 years for murder
An Altona man who murdered a woman in the Ballarat suburb of Canadian and buried some of her remains at Altona North was sentenced...
Traders oppose rate rise
Hobsons Bay traders “pushed to the wall“ by COVID-19 say they will object to a 3.89 per cent rate rise proposed under the council’s...
Hobsons Bay property values drop
Property values fell by as much as 7.6 per cent across most of Hobsons Bay, according to independent revaluations undertaken to determine this year's...
Six week lockdown
Maribyrnong and Hobsons Bay have more than 35 active COVID-19 cases between them as the state government reintroduced a stage 3 lockdown across metropolitan...
Positive test for Altona Gate worker
A worker at Altona Gate shopping centre in Altona North has tested positive to COVID-19.
Hobsons Bay is now one of the top 10 metropolitan...
Calls for Brooklyn 3012 to be moved out of lockdown
Calls have been made for the residential area of Brooklyn to be moved out of lockdown and for its 3012 postcode to be changed.
It...
Altona North pupil tests positive for COVID-19
A second Hobsons Bay school campus has been shut down due to COVID-19.
Students from Emmanuel College's St Paul's campus in Altona North have been...
Williamstown Hospital stalwart retires
Williamstown Hospital's longest-serving employee, Toni Powell, was last week farewelled with a "face guard of honour" to mark her retirement after half a century.
Mrs...
Workshops to combat virus and lockdown anxiety
Dealing with anxiety of COVID-19 and the lockdown will be explored in a series of workshops hosted by Joseph’s Corner based at Laverton.
People can...
Art supports sick kids
Altona's Julee Latimer is among 100 artists chosen to paint a UooUoo (pronounced you-you) sculpture to help celebrate The Royal Children's Hospital's 150th anniversary.
The...
$2.5m upgrade for Williamstown Cricket Ground
Nearly $2.5 million has been allocated in this year's Hobsons Bay council budget to reconstruct Williamstown Football Club's home ground.
Works at Downer Oval, aka...
Four bin system to stay
Hobsons Bay's 'Recycling 2.0' four-bin system will remain for at least a year following a review, despite a much higher than predicted contamination rate.
In...
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Flood inquiry flogs insurers
This story was originally published in October 2024 and Star Weekly has chosen to share it again for readers to enjoy.
Monday, October 14 marked...
