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A timely reminder
By Goya Dmytryshchak This month, Altona’s Alan Major will celebrate his 54th birthday. September is also Prostate Cancer Awareness Month and it marks one year…
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A real tough mother
Altona Meadows’ Allison Wooles is one tough mother. She recently won the Spartan Race in Adelaide at 20 weeks pregnant and eventually hopes to compete…
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Renters want to shore up rights
By Goya Dmytryshchak The number of households renting are growing faster than new owner occupiers in Hobsons Bay and Maribyrnong, according to the latest Census,…
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Grand final cardiac arrest victim thanks saviours
By Carolyn Webb/The Age Ten minutes before the final siren of the 2016 AFL grand final, Yarraville’s Rob McCarthy’s heart raced as his beloved Western…
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Community calendar
Free karaoke Altona Sports Club, 11 Altona Road, Altona, is holding free karaoke Fridays from 9pm. Headpiece workshops African-born Melbourne sisters and founders of fashion…
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News in brief
Vehicles impounded A disqualified learner driver tested more than three times the legal blood-alcohol limit in a booze bus operation dubbed Operation Fortified in Hobsons…
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Tragic life an intense sensory experience
The director of a challenging theatre performance making its Australian premiere in Footscray this month is warning that nobody will see the show. Bangkok-based theatre…
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Walk to better health
Rockbank Primary School pupils will be walking, running, scooting or riding their way to school as the weather warms up. Walk to School Month this…
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Truganina Rabbitohs breakthrough
Truganina Rabbitohs will break new ground when it heads to the NRL Victoria men’s second division grand final for the first time this Saturday. The…
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An era ends for Werribee Tigers
It was the end of the road for the Werribee Tigers in the Victorian Football League for this season. The “travelling Tigers” missed out on…
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The Labor race is on for Tarneit
By Charlene Macaulay At least three Labor Party members are vying to run for the seat of Tarneit following incumbent MP Telmo Languiller’s announcement that…
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COMMUNITY CALENDAR
Youth detention centre meeting Community members are invited to attend an information session about the new youth detention centre on September 11 from 5.30pm at…
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NEW ARRIVALS
Above left: Navaneetha and Vijai, of Wyndham Vale, celebrated the birth of Akira on August 23. Akira weighed 2.655 kilograms at birth. Above: Parents Ben…
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Fostering new hope
Do you have room in your heart for a child in need? Anglicare Victoria is urgently seeking foster parents around Wyndham, Melton, Maribyrnong, Hobsons Bay…
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FROM THE ARCHIVES
40 years ago August 31, 1977 Werribee Shire Council would like to see several changes in the operation of the Board of Works and will…
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