Children get a taste of Japanese culture
By Cameron WestonWILLIAMSTOWN North Primary School students had a taste of the exotic east last week, when a visiting group of Japanese student teachers...
Bridge will rise from the ruins
by Kirsty rossWIILIAMSTOWN’S historic footbridge will remain standing for Christmas.
But after that, the circa 1886 Ann Street Bridge will be pulled down and put...
Heavy cost of obesity
By Kirsty RossWESTERN Health has spent $1.5 million over the past two years to upgrade its equipment and cater for an increasing number of...
Theatre
By Cameron WestonAPLAY celebrating unionism and the 150th anniversary of the eight-hour day will open in Spotswood as the impact of new industrial relations...
Pedal power
By Kirsty Ross
PUBLICANPeter McKay’s Push For Pink charity cycle campaign was yesterday approaching completion in Altona after a painstaking four-day battle from Sydney’s Circular...
Plan set to fulfil
By Kirsty RossCOUNCIL has released the draft master plan for the Bryan Martyn Oval in Newport for community comment until 23 December.
The plan identifies...
Author revisits the glory days
By Cameron WestonWITH the Western Bulldogs running rampant at the top of the ladder and shortening every week in Premiership betting, a new book...
Rail hub row
By Englebert Schmidl
WORK ON a controversial transport depot development has started in Spotswood, four years after it received approval from the Victorian Civil...
Library celebrates first birthday
ALTONA Library and Learning Centre is one year old and celebrations are under way.
The centre has been a huge boost for library users in...
Water safety in any language
By Catalina Florez
MEMBERS of Hobson Bay’s Burmese community have spent the last eight weeks preparing themselves for the perils of Australia’s beaches.
A local health...
Prizes prove oils ain’t oils
FOR an Altona Meadows couple who dared to dream, the weekend routine is as well trodden as the olive grove they planted almost a...
Fun for 15,000
ABOUT 15,000 people flocked to the Bayside Festival at Altona last weekend.
The vice-president of the organising committee, Therese McKenney-Campbell, said local people were very...
