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The new Wayside Bargain Centre is run by a team of dedicated volunteers in Sunshine. 92077 Picture: MATHEW LYN

Way to bargains

15/01/2013

By VANESSA VALENZUELA BRIMBANK residents celebrated the opening of the new Wayside Bargain Centre in Sunshine last month which will help raise funds to serve...

Tallan Wright survived this half-hearted appeal as the Bulldogs struggled with the bat on Saturday. 92179_20 Picture: KRISTIAN SCOTT

Dog of a day

15/01/2013

By LIAM TWOMEY A DISASTROUS batting performance from Footscray Edgewater cost the Bulldogs any chance of victory against Geelong in Premier Cricket on Saturday. After winning...

Station upgrade call

15/01/2013

By VANESSA VALENZUELA DERRIMUT MP Telmo Languiller has called on the State Government to upgrade Ginifer station and create better disability access for St Albans...

Young Newport pitcher Griffin Weir, 19, has been handy on the mound this summer. 88523 Picture: MATHEW LYNN

Rams make charge for title

15/01/2013

By ADEM SARICAOGLU NEWPORT coach Grant Weir believes his Rams are the best team in Baseball Victoria’s Division Two competition, but says it won’t count...

Pokies’ bumper year

15/01/2013

By VANESSA VALENZUELA GAMBLERS poured more than $11 million into Brimbank’s pokies in November last year, the lowest monthly total spent on the municipality’s machines...

Hunt for arsonists

15/01/2013

By VANESSA VALENZUELA POLICE are hunting arsonists responsible for a spate of deliberate fires which blazed through Brimbank last week. Eight fire trucks were called to...

Jockey Jake Noonan produced a brilliant ride on Bon Vacance to take out the fifth race at Werribee on Sunday. The David Hayes trained horse returned $3.10 for happy punters. 92306_09 Picture: EMILY LANE

Racing was kids’ stuff

15/01/2013

By LIAM TWOMEY RACING returned to Werribee on Sunday for the highly anticipated Kids Day Out. In the first meeting since December’s Werribee Cup, punters sunk...

Spotswood second-last on ladder

15/01/2013

By ADEM SAROCAOGLU SPOTSWOOD remains second-last in the Victorian Turf Cricket Association’s Senior Division and stranded on just two wins after going down to Old...

Brimbank Council administrator John Watson, left, Mooney Valley Council Mayor Narelle Sharp, Minister for Crime Prevention Andrew McIntosh, Australian Opals Basketball player Rachel Jarry and LeadWest CEO Anton Mayer 992240 Picture: SUPPLIED

Speak out on violence

15/01/2013

By VANESSA VALENZUELA A NEW anti-youth violence campaign is encouraging young people in Melbourne’s West to step forward and ‘Say Something’ this summer. The Crime Stoppers...

John Lord works the scoreboard at Mervyn Hughes Oval, a role for which he was recently recognised. 92179 Picture: KRISTIAN SCOTT

Lord of the scoreboard

15/01/2013

By ADEM SARICAOGLU AS WE are now well-entrenched in the second decade of the 21st century, many cricket clubs have invested in electronic scoreboards. Premier Cricket...

Police keep up pressure

15/01/2013

By VANESSA VALENZUELA MORE than 900 reckless drivers were caught committing crimes and flouting the law in Brimbank during the Christmas holiday period. The Summer Stay...

Dog of a day

15/01/2013

By LIAM TWOMEY A DISASTROUS batting performance from Footscray Edgewater cost the Bulldogs any chance of victory against Geelong in Premier Cricket on Saturday. After winning...