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Games baton bearers called to arms
The Queen’s Baton Relay is coming to Wyndham and local legends are being called on to carry the baton through their home town. The relay,…
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Car-jacker still on the run
By Goya Dmytryshchak An Altona North man has been charged and another man remains on the run after a BMW stolen in a carjacking crashed…
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News in brief
Women honoured Footscray’s Rafaela Lopez and Yarraville’s Peta Searle have been inducted on to the Victorian Women’s Honour Roll. Ms Lopez was recognised for her…
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Farewell to former Werribee Shire councillor
A former Werribee shire councillor and community stalwart has died, aged 84. Friends and family said their farewells to Stuart Southwick at a service at…
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Tottenham cyclist takes out the finale
Tottenham resident Matthias Kiernan jumped to a breakaway to take out the A-grade finale of the Beach Road Summer Criterium cycling series at Altona’s fast…
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Henry Barlow Wyndham mayor “There is no doubt we’ve been short-changed on this deal. Our farming community will not take this lying down.”
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Cycling ace beats heat to extend record
Saturday’s 19th round of the Footscray Cycling Club season saw riders brave the heat at Drake Boulevard in Altona. The day’s racing followed an uncomfortably…
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Mind shifts that matter
Caroline Springs’ Charlene Crawford is stepping into 2017 as a new woman. Ms Crawford (pictured) has lost 93 kilograms and turned her life around, opening…
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Williamstown RSL offered lifeline
The Williamstown RSL sub-branch has been given an option by RSL Victoria of keeping the title of a house next to the club, which is…
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MY BRIMBANK
What’s your connection to Brimbank? I call the Brimbank area home. I was born in Footscray and moved to St Albans as a toddler. It’s…
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Crash teen fights for life A 13-year-old Sunbury girl continues to fight for life in The Alfred hospital a week after a serious car crash…
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Kids lap up swimming lessons
About 40 children from Altona North Primary School are taking part in Life Saving Victoria’s multicultural learn-to-swim program. Hobsons Bay council has awarded LSV a…
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Man accused of child sex assaults
Detectives have arrested an 82-year-old man accused of assaulting a dozen teenagers at Hobart childrens’ homes in the 1970s and ’80s. The man, who was…
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Altona doctor delivers more than 18,000 babies
If you lay every baby Dr Solomon Sahhar has ever delivered end to end, they would reach from Altona to Footscray. The Altona-based obstetrician-gynecologist is…
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Volunteer West to end services in Melton
A volunteers network has been forced to quit Melton and Caroline Springs after failing to find funding for a second year running. Volunteer West will…
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