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Radio activity: Diversity rules on community airwaves

Community radio station pbs 106.7Fm has been on the airwaves for more than three decades, becoming an icon of melbourne’s alternative music and arts...

Search for dog owner who ‘punched’ dog walker in Altona park

POLICE are searching for the owner of a Rhodesian ridgeback who punched another dog walker at Altona's Apex Park about 5.30pm on June 6.The...

Mayor spreads the music

HOBSONS Bay's 24 primary schools will each receive a music kit, while grade6 pupils have been invited to enter the Eco-Legend awards, both initiated...

Police hunting ugg boot bandits

POLICE are seeking information on "ugg boot bandits" who robbed an Altona Meadows service station on June 23.The pair entered the Queens Road store...

Big V: Altona Lady Gators’ US recruit leads way

STAT sheet stuffer Brigitte Ardossi is the double double queen of the Victorian Basketball League Big V women's division 1.Ardossi, a recruit to...

WRFL: Vikings ride roughshod over Warriors

IT was easy to get blindsided by Hoppers Crossing's recent run of form in the Western Region Football League division 1.The gap was supposed...

FFV: Altona North gains sweet revenge over Albert Park

ALTONA North had a touch of turbulenceenroute to a 5-3 win over Albert Park in the Football Federation Victoria men's metropolitan league central division...

VFL: Sinking feeling for waning grand finalists Williamstown

LAST year's grand finalist Williamstown is out of the Victorian Football League top eight for the first time this season.The down-on-form Seagulls were left...

Seagulls build up to good win

AFTER drawing with the top side and losing narrowly to the second in the previous two weeks, Altona Seagulls had the look of...

TAC Cup: Jets leave tactics back in shed as Stingrays pounce

WESTERN Jets coach Steven Kretiuk says his defensive unit got it all wrong in Saturday's 32-point loss to Dandenong Stingrays in the TAC Cup...

Olympics: Adam Vella takes aim at gold

FOUR years ago, Adam Vella could not begin to forecast the trajectory of his future in shooting.Ranked No.1 in the world at the time,...

Check mates make all right moves at Hobsons Bay kids’ fest

Curious characters from an oversized chessboard will come to life for the Winter Kids' Festival in Hobsons Bay.Pictured are an overbearing Queen (Carolyn Hanna),...

Braybrook man faces court over bottle shop robbery

A BRAYBROOK man appeared in the Melbourne Magistrates Court on Monday charged over a bottle shop robbery across the road from Altona North police...

Tools hit in Western suburbs crime spree

POLICE are urging tradies not to leave tools unattended following a spate of thefts from vans and utes across Melbourne's west.Maribyrnong police crime...

TAFE cuts: School students face dwindling prospects

THOUSANDS of Maribyrnong and Hobsons Bay students could miss out on vocational programs designed to prevent them from dropping out of school in the...

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Volunteers needed Join the Hobsons Bay Community Fund (HBCF) as a committee member to support and strengthen your local community. It is seeking to fill...