Highest honour
By YASEMIN TALAT
OAM for 48 years of dedicated volunteering
MORE than 900 people were honoured by the nation on Australia Day including Hobsons Bay resident...
Bay swim a winner
By YASEMIN TALAT
THE Williamstown Swimming and Lifesaving Club Annual Australia Day Swim attracted hundreds of swimmers and spectators to the bay over the weekend.
The...
National nod for Muirhead
By ADEM SARICAOGLU
ALTONA leg spinner James Muirhead was in the car about to go to dinner when he answered his phone and heard John...
Putting the bite back in the Bulldogs
By LIAM TWOMEY
THIS time last year, there wasn’t much to celebrate for Footscray Edgewater.
The Bulldogs were out of the Victorian Premier Cricket finals race...
Whittington’s winning streak
By LIAM TWOMEY
SOME of the biggest tennis names in the world were no match for Williamstown local Andrew Whittington at last week’s Australian Open.
The...
Cricket by the book
By ADEM SARICAOGLU
A NEW book detailing the long and colourful history of the Spotswood Cricket Club will be launched early next month.
Roy Picone, 86,...
Track master
By LIAM TWOMEY
PAUL Thomas is proof it’s never too late to be a world-beater.
After years of dropping his son off at athletics training and...
Bass lifts to deliver Rams
By ADEM SARICAOGLU
AN outstanding performance with both bat and ball from Travis Bass helped Newport score an easy 10-0 road win over Sunshine in...
Help in a dash
By YASEMIN TALAT
IT won’t be all green and gold this Australia Day, as the MS Colour Dash takes over the Docklands in a sea...
Leyla's on a colourful journey
By YASEMIN TALAT
WHAT started as a bed time story for one little girl has now become a children’s book for all.
At only 12 years...
Beach break
By YASEMIN TALAT
TEMPERATURES soared last week as Melbourne experienced its first heatwave for the summer. The heat spell started last Monday and continued through...
Keys to play
By YASEMIN TALAT
INTERNATIONAL street piano art project Play Me, I’m Yours has landed in Altona.
The international project features an array of ‘Street Pianos’ installed...
