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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 the…
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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,…
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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 finish.…
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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…
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Second time around, but first in fashion
RECYCLING is the new black, judging by a fun-filled fashion show at AMES Footscray on Friday. The show was put together by the AMES youth…
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Charity begins in a mixing bowl
THERE’S nothing half-baked about Emily Rollis and Ellen Hall’s plans to raise money for a Cambodian village. Proceeds from their Cupcakes for Cambodia market stall…
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The Amplified Elephants trumpet new gig
MUSIC lovers are being invited on a journey into the unknown this weekend as Footscray-based The Amplified Elephants perform an ‘intergalactic odyssey’. The ‘Elephants’ are…
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Cash returns ‘razzle’ to Footscray windows’ dazzle
FIVE Footscray shopfronts have acquired an extra sparkle from a council-funded facelift. Maribyrnong Council provided a total of $16,000 to the five stores through its…
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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 Williamstown…
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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…
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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 (RRLA)…
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‘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…
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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 already…
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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…
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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 this…
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