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Eastern bias feared for cross-city link
FEARS are mounting that a second river crossing from the western suburbs to the CBD is at least 10 years away. The concerns were expressed…
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Groups argue over Federation Trail bike route
PRESSURE is mounting on the state government to fix the “missing link” in the Federation Trail, the western suburbs bicycle network. VicRoads has backed away…
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Williamstown reverend swaps plate for bowl
ON entering the quaint 1886 church house at the corner of Rennie and John streets in Williamstown, one of the first things you’re likely to…
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Webb Dock: Residents reject Container City pledges
AS Williamstown residents prepare for a second public meeting about the Webb Dock expansion, the Port of Melbourne Corporation (PoMC) says the effect on residential…
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Closely watched crane almost a West Gate scraper
HOBSONS Bay residents and freeway commuters last Thursday witnessed a giant crane on a Chinese ship scrape under the West Gate Bridge with 2.4metres to…
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Boat people hurt by ‘hypocrisy’
‘The irony is that we send troops over there to fight the Taliban. They come here saying, ‘but we’re fleeing the Taliban’, and we say,…
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VRU: Footscray coach wonders how to inject life into sleeping Bulldogs
FOOTSCRAY used its get-out-of-jail-free pass to mow down cellar-dweller Melbourne University 27-22 in the Victorian Rugby Union Premier1 Dewar Shield at HG Smith Oval on…
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TAC Cup: Turn-up for the books as Jets win
WESTERN Jets could not be faulted in their shock 33-point downing of the Sandringham Dragons in the TAC Cup at Avalon Airport Oval in Werribee…
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FFV: Altona Magic falls to sucker punch
ALTONA Magic tasted defeat for the first time in more than a month in the Football Federation Victoria men’s state league 1. The Magic’s four-game…
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FFV: Laverton Park clipped by blunt attack
LAVERTON Park is skating on thin ice with six rounds left in the Football Federation Victoria men’s provisional league2 north-west season. The Reds let slip…
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Big V: Altona Gators prove that talent counts for nought
ALTONA Gators were left to wonder how their Victorian Basketball League Big V women’s division 1 season spiralled out of control so quickly during the…
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London 2012: Yarraville mum brings home a medal
YARRAVILLE mother Sarah Tait is savouring the glory of a silver medal in the women’s coxless pairs rowing at the Olympic Games last week. Tait,…
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Williamstown lifesavers up there with best
WILLIAMSTOWN Swimming and Lifesaving Club’s inflatable rescue boat team is celebrating after winning two gold medals at the recent Australian championships. The club finished an…
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Winners breeze in
A TYPICALLY strong Little River crosswind left riders in the latest round of the Footscray Cycling Club’s winter road season scrambling for a wheel, but…
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WRFL: North Footscray Devils finally sing the song
NORTH Footscray is likely to remain in the top-tier Western Region Football League division1 for a third straight season after consigning Sunshine Heights to relegation…
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