Rate your services
HOBSONS Bay City Council will ask residents what they think of its services in a city-wide community survey due to take place from the...
A weekend brush with art
By Engelbert SchmidlEASEL, brushes and canvas at ready ... Hobsons Bay residents have plenty of opportunity to express their artistic passions this weekend.
The Hobsons...
Awards honour lives of service
By CameronFIVE Hobsons Bay residents featured among the Australia Day Honours list this year in recognition of their dedication and service in many fields.
Giuseppe...
Tenants’ group
By Briar SinclairSHOPKEEPERS whose businesses are affected by a proposed sixstorey redevelopment in Pier St, Altona, face an uncertain future when their leases expire...
Reality for true survivors
THE stalwarts appear around this time every year, sitting at tables in shopping centres and train stations, selling badges bearing the single word: Legacy.
Volunteers...
Pier St boost
PIER St in Altona is set for a facelift as Hobsons Bay City Council begins preliminary design work to redevelop the busy shopping strip.
The...
School is
ALTONA Green Primary School won ‘Best School’ at the Best of Melbourne Awards held by Gold 104 last Friday at Werribee Open Range Zoo.
The...
EPAmoves on foul smells
THE Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is investigating reports of foul smells around Brooklyn, Yarraville and Newport.
The agency received 44 reports from residents around the...
Plea to fix up
By Kirsty Ross
HOBSONS Bay City Council is calling on VicRoads to resurface several Newport roads, including two dangerous overpasses.
Councillor Bill Baarini said the...
VicRoads digs in on school signs
By Cameron WestonHOBSONS Bay councillor Peter Hemphill accused VicRoads of “hiding behind inept policy” by refusing to install flashing variable speed signs outside schools...
Historic collection is right off the wall
By Cameron Weston
WALLPAPER is like muzak for most people – it sits quietly in the background and only gets noticed when it is very...
Road stays closed
By Briar Sinclair
HOBSONS Bay City Council has no intention of reopening a road block between Murphy and Duke streets in Altona North.
A former maternal...
