Maribyrnong & Hobsons Bay Star Weekly

  • Tunnel report sparks filter fight

    Tunnel report sparks filter fight

    A cabinet minister and local campaign group have traded insults following the release of damning report into the exhaust stacks being constructed for the West…

  • New use for bamboo at zoo

    New use for bamboo at zoo

    Werribee Open Range Zoo is making do with bamboo in some ways that are pretty new. Using bamboo donated from Geelong Botanic Gardens, keepers have…

  • New leader for Hobsons Bay

    New leader for Hobsons Bay

    Hobsons Bay council’s search for a new chief executive is over, with Phu Nguyen appointed to the role. Originally from Melbourne’s western suburbs, Mr Nguyen…

  • Grand sale for Grand Theatre

    Grand sale for Grand Theatre

    A unique piece of Footscray’s cultural history has hit the market. The former Footscray Grand Theatre at 8 Paisley Street, Footscray, has been listed for…

  • Echoes from elsewhere exhibited

    Echoes from elsewhere exhibited

    After first meeting a year ago and then recently bumping into each other at Altona’s Louis Joel Gallery, artists Julee Latimer and Dovey Dee came…

  • McDonald nominated for rising star

    McDonald nominated for rising star

    Western Bulldogs young gun Emma McDonald has been named the round 10 AFLW rising star nominee after a breakout performance against the Gold Coast Suns…

  • Council honours community hero

    Council honours community hero

    Footscray icon Wally Hopkins OAM was honoured at Tuesday night’s Maribyrnong council meeting, the first since his death last month aged 101. Standing orders were…

  • EPA conducts snap inspections

    EPA conducts snap inspections

    A snap inspection program in Melbourne’s west by the Environment Protection Authority Victoria (EPA) has found gaps in the way warehouses and logistic facilities handle…

  • Two more Techno blocks approved

    Two more Techno blocks approved

    More residents at the Techno Park estate will be able to remain in their homes after Hobsons Bay council issued certificates of compliance to another…

  • Brown makes history

    Brown makes history

    When the Williamstown Imperials were seeking volunteers to fill in for their fourth XI side, Lydia Brown jumped at the chance. One of the new…

  • Laverton steel workers to strike

    Laverton steel workers to strike

    Workers at a Laverton steel mill will walk off the job on Friday after negotiations over a new enterprise agreement broke down. Australian Workers Union…

  • Get your home storm ready

    Get your home storm ready

    With storms costing Victorians millions of dollars in damage annually and accounting for 80 per cent of all Victoria State Emergency Service callouts, RACV is…