TAC Cup: ‘Clear off’ order from coach wins for Jets
A BOLD late move, initially an unpopular one, led to the Western Jets heart-stopping two-point win over Murray Bushrangers in the TAC Cup at...
Magic bites the dust as Gators’ winning streak continues
ALTONA Gators extended their winning streak to five, edging out Hawthorn Magic 78-74 in a Victorian Basketball League Big V women's division 1 nail-biter...
VNL: Rivals vie for grand final face-off
THE west will have two teams to support in the Victorian Netball League championship division finals series, starting on Wednesday night.VU-Western Lightning has joined...
VRU: Footscray aggression not enough
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...
FFV: Altona City in dreamland until referee raises a red card
SPIRITED underdogs Altona City took the challenge right up to the high-flying Fawkner Blues to extract a valuable point from a 2-2 draw on...
Olympics: No holds barred for our one-man team
FREESTYLE wrestler Farzad Tarash and his family arrived in Australia from Iran in 1998, carving out a peaceful life in the multicultural western suburbs.Well,...
Gerald Liew laps up victory
GERALD Liew is the inaugural winner of a crash-marred Compton Green Handicap, a five-lap, 76-kilometre circuit of the You Yangs with a testing uphill...
VFL: Seagulls glad to kiss June goodbye
YOU could hear a collective sigh of relief among the faithful at Williamstown.Nothing came easy for the Seagulls in the Victorian Football League during...
Shepherd Bridge too far gone for cyclists, Noonan
CYCLISTS crossing the notorious Shepherd Bridge on Footscray Road are risking their lives while the government drags its heels on fixing the problem, says...
West bears brunt of employment decline
MARIBYRNONG'S jobless queue has blown out to 3000 people, sending unemployment soaring to 7.8 percent.New small-area labour market figures from the federal Department of...
Regional Rail Link: Scrapping rail bridge ‘a step backwards’
RESIDENTS will keep pushing for the replacement of West Footscray's Rising Sun footbridge despite a Maribyrnong Council report backing the Regional Rail Link Authority's...
‘Park and ride’ shuttle solution for Maribyrnong
A HIGH-speed rail shuttle service from Newport to Southern Cross station could revolutionise public transport in Maribyrnong, says deputy mayor Michael Clarke.Cr Clarke wants...
Food review: ‘Fish-inspired’ cafe tips scales
It’s hard to review a place that is a only a few days old, but is also hard to resist when the operators are...
Bacchus Marsh library demolition starts
DEMOLITION crews have today begun tearing down the building to the old Bacchus Marsh library.In what came as a shock to some residents, demolition...
Police probe suspicious Laverton North wreckers fire
POLICE are treating as suspicious a fire that damaged 20 discarded car bodies and sent plumes of smoke across Melbourne's Western Ring Road early...
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