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Protect Newport petitions Guy over apartment complex plan

A PETITION is calling on Planning Minister Matthew Guy to intervene in a controversial development proposed on the former Newport timber yard site.The petition,...

Seniors Festival events hit Hobsons Bay

Music, guided walks, a tea dance, movie screening, cooking challenge and technology demonstrations are among events planned for next month's Seniors Festival in Hobsons...

Jewish, Muslim teens share Hobsons Bay’s highest Australia Day honours

"THE road to Auschwitz was built by hate but paved with indifference." Joel Kuperholz, a Jewish teenager from Toorak who has taken out one...

Hobsons Bay council U-turns on open space issue

A FORMER councillor has weighed into a battle over a Brooklyn house that Hobsons Bay Council wants to sell but residents want to keep...

FFV: Magic get back to true form

ALTONA Magic comprehensively outplayed Western Suburbs for a 2-1 road win at Ralph Reserve in the Football Federation Victoria men's state league 1 on...

On her bike in Asia to give girls a chance in life

AFTER battling breast cancer, Newport woman Monique Senior is cycling from Vietnam to Cambodia to help stop forced child marriage and change girls' lives...

Rugby rebel Josh Kaifa embraces Footscray springboard

FOOTSCRAY rising star Josh Kaifa has a whatever-it-takes mentality in his drive to become a professional rugby union player.The 20-year-old made a brave decision...

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Maribyrnong: School holidays fun for all on offer

An action-packed line up of school holiday activities will be unleashed across Maribyrnong in the next fortnight. Maribyrnong mayor Grant Miles said the Phoenix Youth...

Three arrested in St Albans

Police arrested three men in St Albans last week in connection to an ongoing investigation into...

Moonee Valley and Maribyrnong councils in heated clash

The intense rivalry between the Moonee Valley and Maribyrnong councils could not be split on the weekend. The two municipalities met at Fairbairn Park as...

Hungry for donations

VOLUNTEER doorknockers can do their bit to help Foodbank Victoria make the most of its Urban Street Harvest pilot program in Maribyrnong.The  program involves...

Golf Victoria: Kooringal gives Peninsula a lesson

KOORINGAL has given new boys Peninsula an unruly welcome to life in the Golf Victoria men's division 3 pennant.Peninsula, fourth division champions last season,...

Log-on at Logan for free WiFi

FREE public internet has been launched at Altona's Logan Reserve. Residents Kim Reilly, Robert Falzon, Jill Bilston and Ann Cassar (pictured) were the first...

Footscray filmmaker reels in cultural catch

A FOOTSCRAY filmmaker is hoping her latest documentary will attract participants hook, line and sinker.Amie Batalibasi is producing a documentary called Fishing for Culture,...

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Playgroup marks the holidays

The Seabrook Community Centre Playgroup will celebrate the end of the year when it holds a holiday festival on Thursday, December 5. Beginning at...