Allen sells up western gyms to pursue Olympic gold
AUSTRALIA'S best triple jumper, Linda Allen, is selling up her western suburbs gyms to fund her Olympic dream.She won this month's Melbourne Track Challenge...
Western Health services ‘poor but on mend’ say patients
PATIENT satisfaction with care and services at Western Health's Williamstown, Sunshine and Footscray hospitals has improved marginally, although they have the lowest rating of...
Woollen Mill: Titanic to stay afloat, but owner quits bridge
THE owner of Williamstown's Titanic Theatre Restaurant has decided to sell after 22 years, despite Hobsons Bay Council rejecting controversial plans to demolish the...
Shipyard job loss prediction slammed as ‘outrageous’
VICTORIA'S Manufacturing Minister Richard Dalla-Riva has warned that 1000 jobs could be lost at the Williamstown military shipyard after the federal government awarded a...
Spotswood bottle factory gone, but not its stories
SPOTSWOOD has lost a piece of industrial history with the demolition of the former Melbourne Glass Bottle Works, which featured in the first Mad...
Mum distraught at cuts to in-school autism assistance
THE mother of a teenager with autism has offered to redraw on her mortgage to keep him at Williamstown High School, as the school's...
FFV: Hoppers Crossing no match for Glory
YARRAVILLE Glory blasted lower-league Hoppers Crossing to smithereens in a Football Federation Victoria pre-season friendly on Saturday.The Glory, coached by Charlie Egan, displayed a...
VBL: Lady Gators confident as season starts
ALTONA Lady Gators are bursting with confidence ahead of this weekend's Victorian Basketball League Big V women's division 1 season opener against Craigieburn...
Premier Cricket: Bulldogs all over the place
IT was a summer of contrasts for Footscray Edgewater in Victorian Premier Cricket. A middle-bracket finish on the ladder underlined their inconsistencies.The...
Dom Dudkiewicz ends in style
GUN sprinter Dom Dudkiewicz finished the Footscray Cycling Club's criterium season in style with victory in the final Agrade race at the VUT Circuit...
Footscray Primary School embraces points of difference
THE maxim "think global, act local" is being fulfilled at Footscray Primary School.The school is holding its biannual Global Jamboree, a celebration of...
The old and exotic adds up to culinary feast
AGE-old kitchen techniques and exotic ingredients ... what's not for foodies to love. The combination will be part of the Victoria University-hosted event 'Market,...
Yarraville truck curfew review as numbers double
WHAT DO YOU THINK? SCROLL TO THE BOTTOM OF THIS STORY TO POST A COMMENT.A DECADE after truck curfews were introduced to provide peace...
Footscray tsunami rally has dual goals
FOOTSCRAY resident and trader Noriko Tabei joined about 500 fellow Japanese-Australians on Sunday to rally for an end to uranium mining.Members of Melbourne-based...
On your marks: Brain a match for brawn at Maribyrnong College
IN 2004, Maribyrnong College had a projected enrolment of just 17 students for grade 7."Accepting 17 students, you're not going to remain viable for...
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Milisavljevic into hall of fame
Former Footscray JUST star Jim Milisavljevic is the latest inductee to the FV Hall of Fame.
Milisavljevic dedicated a lifetime to football as a player,...
