Call for
By Candice BoyleIMMEDIATE action to address truck traffic on residential roads and long-term measures to provide better truck routes in the West are the...
Burglar hits the skids
A MAN has been arrested after a police car was rammed and a Braybrook pharmacy was robbed last Thursday night.
Police were on their way...
Compo for rail delays
CITY of Maribyrnong train commuters might be given a free day ticket as compensation for the inconvenience caused by late trains last month.
Connex will...
End is near
BY Candice BoyleCITY of Maribyrnong councillor Joseph Cutri has resigned and will not see out his term as the representative of the Stony Creek...
First Chancellor dies at 82
By Karen PohVICTORIA University’s Acting Vice Chancellor Professor John McCallum has paid tribute to the university’s first Chancellor, Creighton Burns.
Mr Burns died on 20...
Schoolkids strut their stuff on West’s hip hop stage
A RAW combination of urban funk’s most challenging dance styles was on show in Footscray last month.
Four intensive months of training and skill development...
Residents kick up a big stink
By Candice BoyleCOMMUNITY action groups and three city councils will soon appeal for State Government intervention if industries in the West don’t clean up...
Meeting to air
THE latest plans surrounding safety improvements at the Yarraville level crossing will be raised during a public meeting on Monday.
Cross Safe at Yarraville, a...
Roo skips arrest
A LARGE grey kangaroo gave Footscray Police officers the slip after joining early-morning commuters in Braybrook last week.
The police were called after the elusive...
Fire: Three jump from first floor
THREE people jumped from a first-floor bedroom and another 32 were evacuated when fire engulfed a Footscray flat yesterday morning.
Eight fire trucks and two...
Search begins for best in business
By Candice BoyleJUDGING has started in a bid to find the best businesses in the West in the lead-up to next month’s 2007 Powercor...
Have a say
FOOTSCRAY residents will be given an opportunity next week to comment on the State Government’s ability to cater for the needs of multicultural communities.
Footscray...
