Families flee
HOBSONS Bay families are caught up in the chaos as around 25,000 Australians attempt to flee Lebanon in the wake of ongoing Israeli attacks.
The...
Pacific specific is simply terrific
By Kirsty Ross
TUTORS are singing the praises of a homework program for students with Pacific backgrounds.
A consortium of community leaders developed the the Pacific...
Rethink likely on Jets plan
By Hamish Heard
ALTONA North could still become the permanent base for elite junior football in the Western suburbs despite Hobsons Bay councillors earlier rejecting...
Funding for
By Cameron WestonMULTICULTURAL and ethnic clubs around Hobsons Bay last week received a funding boost as part of a program run by the Victorian...
A miniature war for the big boys on Judgement Day
COME Judgement Day, powerful armies from around the world are preparing to fight to the death.
But don’t be alarmed: the armies aren’t real and...
Strike one life
By Cameron WestonA SNAKE recently bit an adventurous one-year old in Newport.
It was touch and go for a while, but she escaped the ordeal...
Call for council to rally
By Cameron WestonA GROUP of Newport residents are calling on Hobsons Bay City Council to support their plan for a comprehensive redevelopment of Market...
Awards flourish
By Kirsty Ross
DESPITE water restrictions making beautiful garden cultivation a difficult task, outstanding local green thumbs were awarded for their efforts earlier this week.
Winners...
Party to remember for
By Cameron Weston
FLINDERS Street Station was two years old and Williamstown had just been connected to the new telegraph system when the Newport Lakes...
Desperate for ‘therapy’
FOR the people of the Buloke Shire, moods ebb and flow with the weather. Rain is like therapy.
After more than a decade of drought,...
Graphical draws punters for cup
LEADING Melbourne bookmaker Michael Eskander has rated Graeme Rogerson’s Graphical as the horse to beat in tomorrow’s $150,000 Werribee Cup and has marked him...
Top award for Scienceworks
By Cameron WestonSCIENCEWORKS recently won a major Victorian tourism award for the fourth time, cementing the popular Spotswood attraction as one of the premier...