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St Albans resident Charlie Desira has been volunteering at the Loaves and Fishes food bank for more than two decades. 91577 Picture: KRISTIAN SCOTT

Finding food for families

By VANESSA VALENZUELA CHARLIE Desira is giving up his time to feed the hearts, and stomachs, of hungry Brimbank residents every week. The St Albans resident...
Bundi dog and Nugget the cat are urging shoppers to think twice before giving a pet as a Christmas gift. 91650 Picture: JOE MASTROIANNI

Pets are for life

By VANESSA VALENZUELA RESIDENTS are being urged to think twice before buying a pet this Christmas, with hundreds of unwanted animals dumped at welfare shelters...

Kids in cars

By VANESSA VALENZUELA UP TO 45 children were locked in cars across Brimbank over 12 months, new figures reveal. Statistics from Ambulance Victoria show residents reported...

Teacher awarded for VCAL role

  By NICOLE VALICEK TEACHING is a tough gig at the best of times but for Rod Sheehan the joy he gets from seeing his students...

Curtain opens on theatre season

By XAVIER SMERDON   IT SEEMS that there really is no business like show business with Wyndham's theatre lovers buzzing following the launch of the 2013...
Deputy principal Steve Higham, far left with Swedish guests Drusilla Copeland, far right and Bengt Lindstrom with the four rooms of change boards. 91177 Picture: CONTRIBUTED

Four rooms of change

  By NICOLE VALICEK THE TITLE may be simple but the concept behind the Four Rooms of Change claims to be the answer to tackling schoolyard...

Wyndham: Australia’s mobile buying capital

  By XAVIER SMERDON WERRIBEE and Point Cook residents are shopping on their mobile phones more than anyone else in Australia, a new survey has revealed. According...

School future limbo

By XAVIER SMERDON THE future of one of Wyndham’s biggest eyesores remains in limbo with the Minister for Education Martin Dixon’s department refusing to release...

Centre wins award

By XAVIER SMERDON   WYNDHAM'S refugee communities are in less danger thanks to an award winning local program. At the 2012 Fire Awareness Awards held last week...
Altona resident Jill Inguanez and husband Joe have decorated their home in Christmas lights to raise funds for cancer research. 91021 Picture: MATHEW LYNN

Christmas spirit lights up

  By ALESHA CAPONE CHILDREN smile when they see see the bright lights and Christmas ornaments covering the Altona home of Joe and Jill Inguanez. However, when...
Save Williamstown members spoke at a rally against the redevelopment of the former Port Phillip Woollen Mill site in Williamstown on Saturday. 91188_07

Rally calls for safety study

  By ALESHA CAPONE HUNDREDS of residents attended a rally calling for an independent safety report into the proposed redevelopment of the former Port Phillip Woollen...
Karen Murray at the Customs’ Wharf Galleria in Williamstown. 91052 Picture: JOE MASTROIANNI

Gallery traces maritime past

  By ALESHA CAPONE A VISIONARY couple from Williamstown have turned a historic building into a haven of for art-lovers and seafarers alike. Greg and Karen Murray...