Row over inquiry
BY Englebert SchmidlTHE STATE Government has forsaken truth for expediency with its bay dredging inquiry, according to environmental groups.
“It was more of the same...
Youth housing may be left in the cold
BAYWEST Youth Housing officers have been on hand since the early 1980s to provide emergency accommodation for local youths, boost self esteem and even...
Chemical storage area under
By Cameron WestonA LARGE grass fire swept through the open area beneath the West Gate Bridge in Spotswood last Thursday as Victoria endured some...
Gardens groomed
WILLIAMSTOWN Botanic Gardens, the oldest botanic gardens in Victoria, is receiving extra attention as part of a rejuvenation program.
Works currently underway include reinstating a...
Cuckoo robbers make a meal of it
POLICE arrested a 37-year-old Brooklyn man on Monday after an attempted armed robbery in which a 35-year-old Belgrave woman, believed to be the man’s...
Step forward
By Engelbert SchmidlA BALKAN accordion and the distinctive holler of traditional Sudanese singing come from the back of a modest shopfront in a sleepy...
Library history child’s play
HOBSONS Bay Toy Library marked 30 years of continuous operation on Saturday with a morning tea and book launch celebration.
The library began life as...
Model motors into history
By Engelbert SchmidlA SMALL but significant piece of Australian naval history was unveiled in the mess deck of the HMAS Castlemaine, the museum ship...
Laverton’s wall of woe
A LAVERTON woman fed up with bureaucratic buck-passing is desperate to clear rats, rubbish and overgrown grass from public land near her home.
Dianne Dougal,...
Tim plies his trade on TV
SEABROOK handyman Tim Dunlop is striving to achieve tradie immortality this summer in a TV show pitting tradesmen from all over Australia against each...
Man on kill charge
POLICE last week charged a Laverton man with murder following the stabbing death of a man in Braybrook last Monday.
Phillip O’Brist, 54, was taken...
Tower of faith
By Cameron WestonTHE Altona Beach Pavilion and life- saving tower was officially opened on Friday, providing vital new facilities for a local club on...
