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Giving youth a chance to reconnect

02 Feb 12 | School isn’t peachy for everyone. Lots of kids struggle to cope and end up dropping out. Youth Connections aims to address the barriers keeping kids from completing their education.

News - General

Creative types with real day jobs

02 Feb 12 | By day, they’re fixing your fridge, tallying your tax or teaching your kids their times tables. By night they slip into a parallel universe. Benjamin Millar meets the ‘hidden artists’ of the western suburbs.

News - General

Braybrook girl escapes attacker

02 Feb 12 | A 14-year-old girl Braybrook fought off an attacker who indecently assaulted her on South Road last night.

News - General

City of Maribyrnong's stars honoured

01 Feb 12 | THE dedication of 12 inspiring individuals and groups, who work tirelessly to improve community life, was recognised as part of the Australia Day celebrations in Footscray. | Peter Somerville: Spruiker of ... | Malcolm Daubney: Sharp focus on ...

News - General

WDCA: West Newport takes full points

01 Feb 12 | WEST Newport moved into home semi-final territory with an outright 10-wicket win over Gellibrand in the Williamstown and District Cricket Association A1 turf at Digman Reserve.

Sport - Cricket

Premier Cricket: Bulldogs set tough task

01 Feb 12 | FOOTSCRAY Edgewater got a first-hand look at the batting capabilities of Prahran in Victorian Premier Cricket, and it wasn't pretty from the combine's point of view.

Sport - Cricket

TAC Cup: Western Jets' triple treat

01 Feb 12 | IT'S less than two months until the start of the 21st anniversary TAC Cup season.

Sport - Football - Australian Rules

VTCA: Wickets tumble in showdown

01 Feb 12 | THE most anticipated game of the Victorian Turf Cricket Association north A1 regular season left everyone in a state of bewilderment at stumps on day one.

Sport - Cricket

VWCA: Altona North humbled

01 Feb 12 | ALTONA North is licking its wounds after losing the Victorian Women's Cricket Association north-west Twenty20 grand final to Geelong in an upset by seven wickets on Sunday.

Sport - Cricket

Veteran trumps pro at criterium

01 Feb 12 | RHYS Gillett, a pro cyclist who has landed a contract with Italian racing team US-Fracor, was a special guest rider at Footscray Cycling Club's criterium racing.

Sport - Cycling

Misfiring Rockets headed to relegation

01 Feb 12 | ROSAMOND faces the inevitable dreaded relegation from Bowls Victoria's premier division.

Sport - Lawn Bowls

VSDCA: Snail Seagulls fall short

01 Feb 12 | THE writing is on the wall for Williamstown in the Victorian Sub-District Cricket Association.

Sport - Cricket

Smiles make the years fly

01 Feb 12 | CHILDCARE worker Vicki Williams came for the children and stayed for the smiles and laughter.

News - General

Janice Simpson's tales from the saddle

01 Feb 12 | YARRAVILLE'S Janice Simpson says cycling 4000 kilometres around Europe is one of the most relaxing things she's ever done.

News - General

'Armpit' Skinner Reserve no longer on the nose

01 Feb 12 | BRAYBROOK'S Skinner Reserve was once described as a "shaved armpit of a ground".

News - General

Drunk Mums coming to a laneway near you

01 Feb 12 | THE musical landscape has changed, perhaps forever, for fledgling indie rock band Drunk Mums.

News - General

Take-two: Nicholson Street Mall defects to be fixed

01 Feb 12 | CONTRACTORS responsible for the $4.5 million redevelopment of Footscray's Nicholson Street Mall could be made to repave parts of it.

News - General

Lunar New Year Festival savours aromas of success

01 Feb 12 | FROM grilled beef wrapped in vine leaves to dancing dragons, central Footscray was filled with the sights, sounds and smells of Vietnamese culture on Sunday. | GALLERY: East Meets West Lunar New Year ...

News - General

Train passengers at vandals' mercy

01 Feb 12 | VANDALISM accounted for three out of every four lift breakdowns at Footscray and Laverton railway stations last year, leaving disabled and elderly commuters stranded.

News - General