Breakaway Johnson climbs to victory
BULLISH Ben Johnson survived the most gruelling one-kilometre stretch of the Footscray Cycling Club's winter road season to be first across the line at...
Footscray’s Western Hospital chief urges rebuilding to break ‘logjam’
Footscray’s Western Hospital has been found to have the state’s worst-performing metropolitan emergency department.
The National Health Performance Authority report on time spent in emergency...
Le Tour no distraction for lucky Costin
THE 12th round of the Footscray Cycling Club’s winter road season saw riders assemble at the Granite Road hills at Staughtonvale in conditions that...
Williamstown High School celebrates its centenary
Victoria’s oldest government secondary school last Friday launched its pathway of honour at its Williamstown Pasco Street campus.
But as Williamstown High School celebrates its...
Cycling: Dominik Dudkiewicz pedals to criterium title in A-grade effort
The Footscray Cycling Club returned to Altona’s Drake Boulevard for the Eric Turner Memorial Club criterium championships.
Melton’s Dominik Dudkiewicz, 31, won the A-grade event.
“The...
Seddon illusionist Boyd by magical mystique
Seddon illusionist Michael Boyd is taking his latest mind-boggling show to Crown on Saturday. Combining illusion, levitation, transformation and disappearances, Mystique features a troupe of...
London 2012: Rachel Jarry set for US, Tarash and Otte ready for action
ONE step away from a gold medal match, former Altona Gator Rachel Jarry and the Australian Opals will take on the mighty USA in...
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In a prized spot, moments from parkland, the beach, cafes, schools and transport, this luxuriously appointed,...
Yarraville performer Melanie Lane: Our own material girl
The fraught relationship between human beings and the material world comes under the spotlight in a new dance performance by Yarraville choreographer and performer...
State election: Altona, Williamstown, Footscray candidates
Six candidates have nominated for the safe Labor seat of Altona in the November 29 state election.
The electorate, held by Jill Hennessy since a February...
INBRIEF
Three stabbed in brawlPolice are investigating a fight in which three men were stabbed in Maribyrnong's Anglers Tavern car park about 10.30pm on Sunday....
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WRFL: West Footscray Roosters face division 2 flag bid reality checks
West Footscray’s premiership credentials will be tested in coming weeks.
After a flying start to the Western Region Football League division 2 season, in which...
Beloved mayor had ‘serious fun’
HUNDREDS of people attended a memorial service for former Williamstown mayor and Rotarian Jeffrey Bird (1938-2012) at Williamstown Town Hall last Monday.In a memorial...