Taking a vote
COMMUNITY input is being sought to determine the voting method for the 2008 council election.
The Hobsons Bay City Council has prepared information papers detailing...
Warning of
By Roxanne MillarA FORMER Greens candidate concerned that the deepening of Port Phillip Bay would turn it into a “toxic sewer” has urged Hobsons...
Cemetery trusts
By Cameron WestonTHE chairman of the Trust running two Hobsons Bay cemeteries says he has nothing to fear after Victoria’s Auditor General unearthed evidence...
Cabinet peeks into
By Kirsty RossDIVERSITY is the one word that describes Hobsons Bay, according to Victorian Premier Steve Bracks.
Speaking after last week’s State Community Cabinet meeting...
Tenix takes a tilt
By Cameron WestonWILLIAMSTOWN shipbuilder Tenix is in the running for another major defence contract.
Tenix is competing with Sydney-based ADI for a $2 billion contract...
Rate rise won’t hit Bay
By Ann Marie Angebrandt
LAST week’s interest rate increase will have a minimal affect on Hobsons Bay home owners and home hunters, according to local...
Tower green light
By Briar SinclairA PEAK planning tribunal has approved a telecommunications tower near a childcare centre and schools in Williamstown North.
The Victorian Civil and Administrative...
Sean takes Hart
By Kirsty RosS
LITTLE Sean Kronk is living proof of the value of fund raising.
The five-year-old’s life changed two years ago when the Lions Club...
Property boom
HOBSONS Bay continues to cement its reputation as the Toorak of the West, with recent figures revealing a massive increase in the number of...
City moves on asbestos
HOBSONS Bay City Council will this week oversee the removal of asbestos dumped more than two months ago at an Altona Meadows public parkland.
“A...
Group wants more parking spaces for disabled
By Cameron WestonTHE organiser of a support group for the disabled is calling for more parking in Mason St, Newport.
There are two car spaces...
Road is closed
HOBSONS Bay City Council has indicated its intention to close a road next to the Titanic Restaurant at 1 Nelson Pl, Williams-town.
A council report...
