29 Jul 10 | THREE Laverton children missing for nearly a day have been found safe and well.
28 Jul 10 | A WAR of words has broken out between the state's major parties on the future and sustainability of Toyota's Hybrid Camry produced at the Altona plant.
28 Jul 10 | ALEX Gatt's life was changed in November 2007 when he was loaned a CoughAssist machine to help cope with his spinal muscular atrophy.
28 Jul 10 | THE Hobsons Bay Men's Shed network is to apply for funding under the federal government's national male health policy.
28 Jul 10 | HOMEOWNERS in Braybrook, Maribyrnong and West Footscray may be sitting on a real estate boom but new rates will hurt hip pockets.
28 Jul 10 | FOOTSCRAY'S median house prices continue to rise, according to REIV figures released last week, and local real estate agents say the trend won't stall for some time.
28 Jul 10 | HOBSONS Bay Council is hoping the availability of graffiti removal kits to residents will help decrease the
amount of graffiti in Altona and Altona Meadows.
28 Jul 10 | MIDDLE Footscray residents whose homes and businesses will be demolished for a regional rail project took their demands for a "fair go" to State Parliament yesterday.
28 Jul 10 | WESTGATE Sports and Leisure Centre will run a free two-month fitness program for overweight men and women in a bid to tackle Australia's growing obesity problem.
28 Jul 10 | A WEST Footscray man was jailed for 10 years for stomping on the head of his former partner after kicking her unconscious following an argument.
28 Jul 10 | A TOTAL of 47 criminal charges have been laid following a two-day Santiago Taskforce operation in the western suburbs designed to "disrupt organised crime activities".
28 Jul 10 | PARENTS anxiously awaiting news of whether they will get a high school in their area were told the "next steps" would be known in a couple of weeks.
28 Jul 10 | THE rain may have kept protester numbers down, but it didn't dampen enthusiasm directed at having controversial parking cameras removed from Footscray.
28 Jul 10 |
FRIENDS of Lower Kororoit Creek are expecting a big turn-out for National Tree Day in Altona North this Sunday.
28 Jul 10 | IT took 120 hours to complete, but a painting by Altona artist Vladimir Bykovec - a surprise for St Mary's parish priest Father Clem Cafarella - was well worth the effort.
28 Jul 10 | DRINKING straws, balsawood and string were a few of the materials. Moving loads, building bridges and producing power were the challenges.
28 Jul 10 | TRUCKLOADS of smelly seaweed from Altona beach will no longer be dumped in landfill after Hobsons Bay Council struck a 12-month agreement to turn the waste into liquid fertiliser.
28 Jul 10 | POLICE have appealed for witnesses after a man was caught speeding in the western suburbs on Monday night.
28 Jul 10 | TO be told you could lose you house, and be left with no idea when, is incredibly tough.
28 Jul 10 | ICONIC watering hole the Belgravia Hotel on Nicholson Street remains for sale.