Footscray wins high-scoring lacrosse battle
THE winning feeling was contagious for western suburbs teams on country weekend in the Lacrosse Victoria men's state league.Footscray won a high scoring battle...
Greens eye redesigned poll
THE Greens are tipped to make a run for Hobsons Bay Council in October following the Victorian Electoral Commission's support for multi-councillor wards.The VEC...
Anti-whaling activist set for new campaign
ANTI-whaling activists will soon have two ships berthed at Williamstown, taking the place of Victoria's tall ship Enterprize.Fresh from 95 days in Antarctica, Sea...
Toyota Altona: No guarantee on job security, says Toyota
TOYOTA'S Altona manufacturing plant has not ruled out further redundancies over the next 12 months.On Monday, the company began sacking one in 10 of...
Disability funding down to ‘luck’
MILLY Parker says it's lucky her acquired brain injury resulted from a car crash.The Williamstown resident, 40, says life would have been totally...
Maribyrnong Council sees cash in car park spaces
MARIBYRNONG Council is set to cash in on a car park on Irving Street, Footscray, with officers given the nod to gauge interest...
East-West road link: Details, please
BUSINESS and industry groups and opposition members of Parliament want the state government's coming budget to consider transport needs in the west.The government has...
As winter looms, fire traps await
MARIBYRNONG residents are being warned to check their heaters and electrical appliances as winter approaches.A spate of house fires across Victoria, including in Fitzroy,...
William McInnes: Full throttle on ‘glass half full’
WILLIAM McInnes is just ‘‘muddling along’’. Good days roll into bad and back again in the first few months of life following the loss...
Regional Rail Link: Minister, too, cops an earful
FOOTSCRAY residents living close to the railway line may need to invest in earplugs following a review of noise management as part of the...
Anzac Day: Andy proud to march with his heroes
NERVES wrack An ‘‘Andy’’ Nguyen’s body. Sweat trickles down his face as he leads his men through the jungles in Vietnam’s central highlands.It’s...
Stalled Federation Trail is key to cyclists’ safety
A CYCLIST left with serious injuries after being hit by a truck on Somerville Road in Yarraville says the crash would never happened...
250km Sahara race the planet’s toughest
EVERY day started with AC/DC's Highway to Hell - and that was putting it mildly.Williamstown's John Nicola says the music spurred him on...
Still no release date for vital Ports report
PLANNING Minister Matthew Guy needs more time to say why he will not release the Ports and Environs report more than a year after...
Hobsons Bay young citizen of the year named
Chelsea Hatherall (pictured) has been named Hobsons Bay's young citizen of the year, recognised for making a "real difference" to women, young people and...