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Cops kick more goals

Footscray police showed plenty of heart but failed to topple their young opponents in the Recwest soccer tournament. Acting Senior Sergeant Amma Bridgeman, from the...

Sport briefs

Basketball Werribee Devils put up a good fight before going down 89-80 to Corio Bay Stingrays in the Big V basketball men’s championship at the...

■ Newport Power Junior Football Club has been around now for 10 years and is certainly a club on the up and up. In...

Gig Guide June 26

Bar of Bengal Friday, July 3 Experience African percussion’s legendary high voltage drum and dance event Tribalism, bringing together traditional and contemporary West African rhythms from students...

Williamstown: Andy Griffith’s house on Esplanade for sale

Popular children’s author Andy Griffith is selling the Williamstown seaside house that has been an inspiration for his recent writing. Griffith, author of the Just!...

Forged papers cut Altona Meadows couple’s $7.7 million debt

An Altona Meadows couple who racked up a $7.7 million debt on a loan secured against their home and a Footscray pizza shop have...

Joan Kirner Garden or Kirner courts? Have your say

The name of late former premier Joan Kirner has been dragged in to a long-running dispute over whether to convert the disused ladies bowling...

Brooklyn’s lacrosse champ trawls web for backers

Brooklyn’s Lachlan Mackinnon has been selected to represent Australia in lacrosse at September’s world championships in the United States. But as a minor sport in...

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Between and among the culinary richesse of Watton Street at Werribee and Barkly Street at West...

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Trees vandalised Six Monterey cypress saplings in Williamstown Botanic...

Zine just the right ‘stuff’

Women in the west are being urged to share their creativity as part of the latest...

Family violence services in west hit hard by funding cuts

Services tackling family violence in the western suburbs face an uphill battle in the face of crippling funding cuts, a forum has heard. The Family...

Valé, favourite daughter

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A taste of the trades

Students have enjoyed a chance to try their hand at a range of trades as part...

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Playgroup marks the holidays

The Seabrook Community Centre Playgroup will celebrate the end of the year when it holds a holiday festival on Thursday, December 5. Beginning at...