Maribyrnong & Hobsons Bay Star Weekly

  • Devils women’s joy

    Devils women’s joy

    A new era will start at North Footscray as it is set to field a women’s side in the Western Football League for the first…

  • Park to pop up on Seddon street

    Park to pop up on Seddon street

    A Seddon street will be closed from Monday to make way for a trial pop-up park. Construction work on the Austin Street pop-up park is…

  • No awards in Hobsons Bay on Australia Day

    No awards in Hobsons Bay on Australia Day

    Australia Day will look a little different in Hobsons Bay this year, with no citizen awards ceremony being held. Since 1997, the Hobsons Bay Citizen…

  • Construction company fined for muddying waters

    Construction company fined for muddying waters

    A chance discovery by Environment Protection Authority (EPA) officers driving past a West Footscray creek has resulted in a $6000 fine for a construction contractor.…

  • Clotheslined to clobber Footscray

    Clotheslined to clobber Footscray

    Inner-west punters should prepare to get well and truly cleaned-up and checked for concussion when five of Melbourne’s toughest and hardest bands take over Footscray…

  • Cavanagh joins Dogs

    Cavanagh joins Dogs

    Liam Cavanagh will switch from the colours of Williamstown to the Western Bulldogs for this year’s Victorian Football League women’s season. Cavanagh, who had coached…

  • Hobsons Bay E-Bike action

    Hobsons Bay E-Bike action

    Hobsons Bay police have announced a crackdown on illegal E-Bikes in the area. Highway Patrol officers will now seize dangerous and illegal E-Bikes which will…

  • Second monitor to oversee council

    Second monitor to oversee council

    A second municipal monitor has been appointed to oversee Hobsons Bay council, while the term of the existing monitor has been extended due to ongoing…

  • Steep ramps a station safety hazard

    Steep ramps a station safety hazard

    A woman who fell and injured herself at Newport Station late last year claims its platform ramps are too steep and don’t comply with disability…

  • Resource centre provides heat respite

    Resource centre provides heat respite

    Footscray’s Asylum Seeker Resource Centre is used to helping people in need, but on Friday 9 January that assistance looked slightly different than usual. With…

  • Community members wanted for council committees

    Community members wanted for council committees

    Maribyrnong council is seeking expressions of interest from members of the public to join three of its advisory committees. Those interested in joining council’s active…

  • Dockers hoping to fire

    Dockers hoping to fire

    Seddon is hoping to turn its competitive form into more wins in the second part of the Victorian Turf Cricket Association Isaacs Howarth Shield season.…