Gas fury: Lawyers won’t make me back off, defiant mayor tells rally
IN a highly unusual move, Hobsons Bay mayor Tony Briffa last Saturday stood up before a rally at Newport and declared his opposition to...
Gas fury: Plan ‘a kick in the guts’, residents say
ABOUT 200 residents turned out to an emotionally charged rally at Newport on Saturday, outraged at plans to use a lethal ozone-depleting gas near...
Sobering message: Footscray business puts people before profit
A FOOTSCRAY business owner is receiving wide praise for tearing up his liquor licence in dismay at problem drinking.Grant Miles, owner of Nicholson Street...
East-west link: Priority funding urged
THE state government is urging the Gillard government to fund its proposed east-west road tunnel after the Australia's independent infrastructure umpire put it on...
East-west link: Priority funding urged
THE state government is urging the Gillard government to fund its proposed east-west road tunnel after the Australia's independent infrastructure umpire put it on...
Dock on the bay plans attacked
WILLIAMSTOWN residents are rallying against plans for a port they say will obliterate their city view, replacing it with a 1.8-kilometre line of container...
Cosplay: Living a double life
A new generation is reinventing role-playing games. Sarah Harris surveys the scene.IN the end Lillian, the creepy clockwork doll, had to die. It wasn’t...
Cosplay: Living a double life
A new generation is reinventing role-playing games. Sarah Harris surveys the scene.IN the end Lillian, the creepy clockwork doll, had to die. It wasn’t...
Williamstown plans whale of a time for benefit gig
WILLIAMSTOWN is celebrating its anti-whaling history, dating back to the arrival of a Confederate raider in 1865, with a fund-raising event for...
Theft-proof plate screws offered
DRIVERS can have numberplates fitted with one-way theft-proof screws for free on Saturday.Police will conduct Operation Safe Plate in the car park of Altona...
Qenos moves to cut carbon emissions
FEDERAL Climate Change and Energy Efficiency Minister Greg Combet has praised Chinese-owned, Altona-based plastics manufacturer Qenos for investing $240 million on expansion and a...
Tasers and other weapons seized in Altona Meadows
POLICE seized 10 tasers and other weapons when a vehicle was intercepted in Altona Meadows on Saturday night.Seven sets of knuckle dusters and an...
Hobsons Bay Council legal stoush costs soar
LEGAL costs in a feud between Hobsons Bay mayor Tony Briffa and Cr Peter Hemphill have blown out to more than $110,000.The Hemphill v...
Hobsons Bay Council legal stoush costs soar
LEGAL costs in a feud between Hobsons Bay mayor Tony Briffa and Cr Peter Hemphill have blown out to more than $110,000.The Hemphill v...
VRU: Aggression not enough for Dogs
FOOTSCRAY was never allowed to play on its own terms in an 18-8 loss to Melbourne in the Victorian Rugby Union Premier 1 Dewar...
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Rangers hoping for state league opportunity
Footscray United Rangers are hoping the work of the past few years has paid off and they will get an opportunity at the FV...
