Students catching the safety net
By Cameron WestonCYBERSPACE can be more dangerous than real life, so a new course is teaching high school students how to travel through its...
Spruce-up for freeway
By Ann Marie
A LOBBY group has succeeded in getting the State and Federal Governments to spend money repairing freeway verges, noisewalls and gateways along...
Ship deal to
A HUGE navy shipbuilding contract is set to deliver 500 new jobs to Williamstown.
The Federal Government announced last Wednesday that the high-tech construction and...
‘Dirty’ soil
By Cameron WestonASBESTOS was recently discovered in soil at the BayFit Leisure Centre construction site, some of which has been moved to two local...
Planning overload
By Brooke BowmanHOBSONS Bay City Council has received 23 new planning enforcement matters in the past month, bringing its current open case load to...
Anger over
By Cameron WestonRESIDENTS living near the Burbank Business Park in Altona are up in arms about a proposal to allow a helicopter to operate...
Theatre up for four awards
WILLIAMSTOWN Musical Theatre Company has attracted several nominations for its latest production in the Music Theatre Guild of Victoria 2006 Awards for Excellence.
Shout! The...
Grant for
HOBSONS Bay Yacht Club and Hobsons Bay Sport and Game Fishing Club are set to receive $2708 from a State Government program.
The funding, delivered...
Vets
THEY are thicker through the middle these days, and sometimes a little grey around the temples, but they still know how to carve.
These days,...
It’s curtain up
By Cameron WestonOVERTURE! Curtain! Lights!
The Williamstown Musical Theatre Company, a new face for an old player in the Hobsons Bay Arts scene, is about...
Holiday program push
By Briar SinclairHOBSONS Bay City Council will outsource its holiday program for primary school students, saving ratepayers $125,000 a year.
The council passed a motion...
Twin council push on danger corner
By Cameron Weston
WORK to install traffic lights at a notorious Point Cook intersection could be expedited after Hobsons Bay City Council and Wyndham City...