Uncategorized
-
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 early…
-
TAC Cup: Western Jets juniors stamp their class at state titles
THE Western Jets’ success at the AFL draft table in recent seasons might just be the tip of the iceberg. The Jets underlined their bright…
-
WRFL: North Footscray face Devil of a task
NORTH Footscray had its shallow depth pool exposed in a 47-point opening day loss to near-full-strength Hoppers Crossing in the Western Region Football League division…
-
VBL: Mixed fortunes for Altona Gators
ALTONA Gators were forced to take the bad with the good as they split a double-header weekend in the Victorian Basketball League Big V men’s…
-
Newcomers give Altona a second-half fright
ALTONA survived a wild encounter with newly-promoted Mentone to win 6-5 and get their Hockey Victoria men’s state league 1 season off to a positive…
-
VFL: Seagulls working on the pecking order
IT can be a thankless task rebuilding a football team when you have come so close to the holy grail. Seven months ago, Peter German…
-
VRU: Fit, fleet-footed Footscray takes the points
FOOTSCRAY was a bit scratchy first up but still got the points over Moorabbin in a high-scoring Victorian Rugby Union Premier 1 season opener at…
-
FFV: Altona East Phoenix learns its lesson
IT’S not a local derby without drama and the Altona East Phoenix and Altona City showdown delivered plenty of twists and turns in a tense…
-
Golden classics that never date
WILLIAMSTOWN Film Society will screen Gone with the Wind on April 25 as part of its monthly film nights from February to November. Dorothy Page…
-
Aprons tell their tales
ALTONA Laverton Historical Society will celebrate Australian Heritage Week this weekend by exhibiting more than 100 heritage aprons from a private collection at Altona Homestead.…
-
Anzac Day: War heroines to have their day on stage
NO WORDS can describe the awfulness of the wounds. Bullets are nothing. It is the shrapnel that tears through the flesh and cuts off limbs.…
-
A visit, a cuppa, to ease the isolation
WANTED: a volunteer to drop in for a cup of tea and a chat at homes of the elderly and disabled. The call has been…
-
Footscray station drama: Commuter anger over lack of Metro assistance
A WOMAN who came to the aid of a seriously injured man who had fallen between a train and a platform is demanding answers from…
-
Altona Toyota: Workers ‘to be marched out’
AT least 30 security guards have assembled in and around the entrance to Toyota’s Altona manufacturing plant this morning as the company begins sacking one…
-
Hobson Bay’s Italian Connection has public art attack
artist brushes past bureaucracy to got with Breeze 11 Apr, 2012 12:00 AM FOOTSCRAY artist John Gambardella returned home from a recent exhibition in Italy…
Digital Editions
