Rail vandals
By Cameron Weston
THREE vandals from NSW who went on a graffiti spree attacking trains at three sites were fined and ordered to serve community-based...
Referral service will be open to all victims of family violence
HOBSONS Bay Women’s Referral Service this week opens its doors to women suffering family violence.
After more than two years in the pipeline, the independent...
Cash boost for victims
By Cameron WestonTHE Bracks Government has committed $9.5 million to improve its family violence support system, focusing specifically on the northern and western suburbs.
Help...
Bands
By Hamish HeardFOUR Hobsons Bay and Wyndham musicians are celebrating after their two bands picked up gongs at an ARIA-style awards ceremony for youth...
Lindsay cares about the aged
BY Cassie Maher
ALTONA Ward councillor Mary Ann Lindsay may not be elderly just yet, but she is making sure Hobsons Bay residents live the...
Willy’s cycle of success
By Hamish HeardTHOUSANDS of spectators lined Williamstown’s streets last week to cheer on some of the world’s best cyclists as they competed in the...
Havin’ a laugh
By Ann Marie Angebrandt
THERE’S nothing like a good belly laugh to brighten your day.
And that head-throwing-back laugh is good for you, too.
It flushes away...
Decision looms
By Engelbert SchmidlALTONA North residents will soon find out the fate of a proposed mosque development in their neighbourhood.
The Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal...
Masons’
NEWPORT scouts have a new roof on their Market St hall thanks to a much-needed gift of cash.
The old tin roof had become so...
City divided
HOBSONS Bay City Council could not endorse at its last meeting a report from its own officers on Port Phillip Bay channel deepening.
The...
Strategy draws blank
By Briar SinclairHOBSONS Bay City Council has given up on the Inner West Integrated Transport Strategy (IWITS) being released this financial year.
A report tabled...
Treasured resident
By Cameron WestonHOBSONS Bay lost one of its most dedicated and treasured citizens recently with the death of Altona’s Nessie Hardy.
Mrs Hardy succumbed to...
