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Traditional rivals Werribee and Williamstown will clash in round three of the VFL season at Burbank Oval. 84391_02 Picture: DAMIAN VISENTINI

Back to its best

By LIAM TWOMEY THE 2013 VFL season will launch with a blockbuster weekend of Easter football involving last year’s four preliminary finalists. During a split round...
The cast of Williamstown Little Theatre’s latest production, from left, Pauline Snell, Mary Little, Marianne Collopy and Shirley Sydenham. 92083 Picture: ROGER FORSEY

Talking Heads

By NICOLE VALICEK IN A fusion of the comic and the tragic, Williamstown Little Theatre brings to life three of Alan Bennett’s ‘Talking Heads’ monologues...

Australia Day breakfast

HOBSONS Bay City Council is inviting residents to celebrate Australia Day at its annual breakfast. The council and the Lions Club of Altona will host...

Summer by the sea

SUMMER and the sea go hand in hand and that’s why Hobsons Bay has decided to get involved in the annual Summer by the...
Rita and George Bird have volunteered at Science Works Spotswood for the last 20 years. 92092 Picture: NICOLE VALICEK

Heart of science

By NICOLE VALICEK THE wonders inside Science Works have not only come to life in front of Rita and George Bird, they have also helped...

Confidence is high

By NICOLE VALICEK BUYER confidence is on the rise, with experts tipping a year of property market stabilisation and growing interest in the west. Director of...
Toby Stringer has joined the Parks Victoria team at Williamstown for the summer. 92074 Picture: DAMJAN JANEVSKI

Summer on the sand

By NICOLE VALICEK IF YOU are around the bays or water in Williamstown this summer, chances are you will meet the newest addition to the...
Owner of Williamstown’s Steam Packet Hotel, Scott Meager, celebrated the venue’s 150th anniversary last week. 92146 Picture: KRISTIAN SCOTT

Hotel drenched in history

By ALESHA CAPONE NOT many hotels can claim to have a liquor licence dating back to 1839 – or their own ghost. But the Steam Packet...

Hoon hazard

By ALESHA CAPONE ALMOST 300 hoons had their cars impounded by police last year across the municipalities of Hobsons Bay, Maribyrnong and Wyndham. Senior Sergeant Jason...

Water warning

POLICE have appealed for beachgoers to keep safe around the water as the summer season kicks in. Last week, the Hobsons Bay community liaison officer,...

Poets know it

TALENTED young writers and poets have been encouraged to enter a competition run in Hobsons Bay. Last week the 2013 Friends of Williamstown and Newport...
Colleen Downie happily juggles motherhood, full-time work and a host of volunteering gigs each week. 91685 Picture: KRISTIAN SCOTT

Super mum

Colleen Downie happily juggles motherhood, full-time work and a host of volunteering gigs each week. 91685 Picture: KRISTIAN SCOTT By NATALIE GALLENTI COLLEEN Downie is a...