Replica creates ripples
By Cameron WestonTHE Duyfken docked at Workshops Jetty in Williamstown last week, one of many stops on her 12,000 kilometre odyssey from Fremantle to...
School boost
Acting Premier John Thwaites and Member for Altona and Minister for Education Lynne Kosky announced the plan at the Laverton Forum on Thursday.
Laverton Primary...
Programs funded
HOBSONS Bay City Council has received State Government funding to assist with planning for local economic development and community programs.
The Hobsons Bay joined Buloke...
‘Copter plan stalls
By Cameron WestonHOBSONS Bay City Council has grounded a plan by Burbank Homes to operate a helicopter from its Altona business park by refusing...
Youths on drink notice
By Cameron WestonYOUTHS caught drinking alcohol in Hobsons Bay will face a choice under a new program jointly run by police and the council.
Police...
Push for disabled
By Cameron WestonCLIMBING a single step is a walkover for most people, but for those with a disability, even the smallest hurdles can be...
Vets
THEY are thicker through the middle these days, and sometimes a little grey around the temples, but they still know how to carve.
These days,...
Fuel
By Kirsty RossPolice and firefighters were called around 5pm after the spill made its way into the lower Yarra River.
Ken Brown, operations commander for...
Park chaos
By Kirsty Ross
POTENTIALLY harmful levels of lead at Altona parkland has thrown a planned redevelopment into disarray, as Hobsons Bay City Council admits it...
Time and tide wait for no excavator
THE Russian saying ‘do not dig a hole for somebody else; you yourself will fall into it’ was literally proven last Thursday on Altona...
2030
HOBSONS Bay City Council says the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (VCAT) is damaging neighbourhoods by supporting “development at all costs”.
The council has resolved...
Pete’s time
By Cameron WestonPETER Norman is still Australia’s fastest man over 200 metres, but he will best be remembered for something he did while standing...