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Braybrook: Maribyrnong council push for public housing review

Maribyrnong council has called on the state government to improve public housing in Braybrook. Concerns were raised at last week’s council meeting about the ageing...

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Twenties soiree opens book fair

THE Maribyrnong Literary Festival will be launched in fine style at the end of this month, opening with a 1920s-style soiree featuring Footscray author...

Brilliant Boxster close to perfection

The third generation Porsche Boxster, tagged the 981, takes the same styling route as its predecessors, which is no bad thing.Porsche owners over the...

WDCA: A2 final: ANA just six wickets away from burying bogeyman

TOSS a 20-cent piece in the air and pick a side.Footscray ANA and Melton Centrals have battled it out for four days in the...

Alliance looks to contain truck glut in light of Webb Dock expansion plans

MELBOURNE will become the world's container storage park and surrounding municipalities will bear the increased truck traffic if the $1.6billion Webb Dock expansion...

VAFA: Williamstown CYs holding off all comers

Williamstown CYMS has been given no wriggle room as its closest rival on the ladder, North Old Boys St Patrick’s, has incessantly tried to...

Leading ladies show way ahead in west

WOMEN in the west shared an insight into life as a leader during a forum at Maribyrnong Town Hall last Wednesday.A panel featured...

Hockey Victoria: Altona cashes in on ground switch

In-form Altona lapped up the chance to take on Essendon in its own backyard, cantering to a 4-1 victory and moving to the top...

Altona platform crash: ‘Everyone was very lucky’

UPDATE: Police are questioning the elderly driver of a car that crashed through a fence and mounted the platform at Altona train station yesterday...

Rescuing the rescuers

A downpour last week has led to a flood of support for a local animal rescue...

VRL: Altona Roosters overcome odds to storm into grand final

THIS would have been an obituary for the Altona Roosters’ season had it not been for their admirable stubbornness.The underdogs were scoreless, trailing by...

Parents demand action on autism school

PARENTS have marched on State Parliament, demanding the government confirm when an autism school will be built in the western suburbs.The government announced in...

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Fire destroys abandoned Braybrook house

A Braybrook house was destroyed by fire late yesterday afternoon. Firefighters arrived at the single-storey weatherboard house on Middleton Court about 4.30pm on Monday, November...