National Science Week is being celebrated across Hobsons Bay this week with free and fun activities at local libraries. From space-themed story times to LEGO ...

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Purchase this photo from Pic Store: 214999 Sea Shepherd Australia’s decommissioned flagship vessel, the Steve Irwin, has been asked to leave Williamstown. ‘The Steve’ was sold to Ship4Good founder ...

A petition has been created in a bid to save the old pool at the Williamstown Swimming and Life Saving Club. The ‘Save Our Pool’ petition, which has 1200 signatures to date, asks Hobsons Bay council ...

Purchase this photo from Pic Store: 322287 A Maribyrnong councillor has drawn parallels between a multi-million redevelopment approved in West Footscray and the redevelopment of London’s Isle of Dogs ...

Purchase this photo from Pic Store: 273860 A new community food store has opened in Hobsons Bay, offering discounted items to local residents and community organisations. Food company Kraft Heinz ...

Purchase this photo from Pic Store: 244758 A West Footscray site has been informally dubbed Stony Creek Commons as Maribyrnong council prepares to open it up for community use. Councillors this month ...

The first tenants in a groundbreaking “tiny home” pilot program to help tackle homelessness have praised the project for providing a sense of safety and belonging. Launch Housing unveiled the first ...

Routes 57, 59 and 82 would be the first to welcome the new low-floor Next Generation Trams [NGTs] across services including Footscray and Maribyrnong. The NGTs would progressively replace Melbourne’s ...

Mental health across government and low-fee non-government primary schools in Maribyrnong and Hobsons would soon receive further support, with the state government committing $200 million towards ...

An indigenous artist from Williamstown has painted a 12-metre-long mural at Footscray train station telling the story of Melbourne’s west. Aretha Stewart Brown, an 18-year-old Gumbaynggirr woman, was ...

A Footscray man has been convicted, fined $1,200 and ordered to pay $2,000 in costs for obstructing EPA Victoria officers during an inspection of his unlicenced waste tyre processing business in ...