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On a corner block of about 669 square metres, this impeccably maintained house has features of...

FOOD: Pod Café

It’s the flexibility of things that we enjoy. With cafés, it’s the freedom to walk in with a laptop, a pram or just ourselves...

Walk a mile in fireys’ shoes, critics told

THE Metropolitan Fire and Emergency Services Board (MFESB) needs to take big steps to improve how it deals with workers taking unplanned leave, according...

Altona North: Aged care home to get extra TLC

A new community health centre will be built at TLC Marina Aged Care home in Altona North. The centre will be open to the home’s...

Footscray: Police looking for three men over tram stop robbery

Three men allegedly robbed a man while he was waiting at a tram stop in Footscray on September 10.  Police believe the three men took...

Werribee Park: One Electric Day has plenty of star power

Guitarist, keyboard player and vocalist Peter Farnan promises a blast when his Boom Crash Opera, with...

Hobsons Bay crime on rise, with theft, graffiti and vandalism leading way

Crime rose by 21.6 per cent in Hobsons Bay in the 12 months to September. Thefts of, and from, vehicles rose 36 per cent....

Warning on contaminated Newport fuel

A NEWPORT motorist whose Range Rover engine was damaged by contaminated fuel has acted to protect other consumers from landing in the same predicament.Ray...

WDCA: Bulls in bolter

NEWPORT-DIGMAN made a hot start to its Williamstown and District Cricket Association A1 turf premiership defence, overpowering Gellibrand by 32 runs in their season...

News in brief

Fire under investigation About 20 people self-evacuated from a...

Special celebration for Feast of the Annunciation

TARXIEN Social Club celebrates the Feast of the Annunciation this weekend at Queen of Peace Church in Altona Meadows.At 2.30pm on Sunday, Reverend Bishop...

As good as it gets

Deceptively large, this Victorian delight buttressed by similar period houses is the perfect entry into the emerging suburb of Spotswood.And with a station across...

Taking fat chance with guesswork

As one of the things I do for a crust, I've had to question some statistics lately.Big, brassy, blowsy statistics like "17 million Australians...

Police identify limbs

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Bowls Victoria: Yarraville-Footscray so close again

Yarraville-Footscray is still awaiting that elusive first win in its promotion season in the Bowls Victoria metro premier division. The Combine suffered a sixth consecutive...

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Spectacular sounds of Christmas

Town Hall Broadmeadows will be filled with festive magic as the Hume Orchestra presents its annual Christmas Concert. From trumpets and cellos to magnificent choral...