Maribyrnong & Hobsons Bay Star Weekly

  • 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…

  • A pocket full of art

    A pocket full of art

    An empty garage was the inspiration behind Yarraville’s newest, and possibly smallest, art space. Friends Peta Ferguson and Patricia Stewart have opened a tiny art…

  • Singer ready to rock

    Singer ready to rock

    A young Hobsons Bay star will dial up the volume at St Kilda’s National Theatre next month in Theatrical Inc’s School of Rock the Musical.…

  • Bulldogs fall short

    Bulldogs fall short

    Footscray’s large batting total wasn’t enough to make it two in a row in the Victorian Premier Cricket competition on Saturday. After a second strong…

  • Bulldogs bat well

    Bulldogs bat well

    Footscray United has put itself in a strong position heading into day two of its Victorian Turf Cricket Association Isaac Howarth Shield match with Sunshine.…

  • Footscray homes for families in need

    Footscray homes for families in need

    A $52 million social housing project in Footscray has been completed and will soon provide shelter to more than 160 Victorians currently experiencing or at…

  • Footscray aggravated burglary arrest

    Footscray aggravated burglary arrest

    A man has been arrested after an aggravated burglary in Footscray early on Tuesday morning. Police responded to reports of an aggravated burglary at an…

  • Safety demands

    Safety demands

    Residents of Footscray’s Joseph Road precinct are demanding immediate changes to a nearby intersection following a coroners’ report into the death of a pedestrian there…

  • Historic collection goes under the hammer

    Historic collection goes under the hammer

    Williamstown identity John ’Banjo’ Patterson OAM believed that the antiques that he avidly collected over his lifetime should be prominently displayed and shared with the…

  • Kinder up for award

    Kinder up for award

    Home Road Kindergarten in Newport is a finalist in the 2025 Victorian Early Years Awards. The kinder is one of three finalists for the Emeritus…

  • Dangerous roads revealed

    Dangerous roads revealed

    Three inner-west intersections have been named on a list of the region’s most dangerous junctions. The Western Freeway on/off ramps at Hopkins Road in Deanside…

  • Diwali festival to light up Footscray

    Diwali festival to light up Footscray

    Footscray will come alive this Saturday 25 October for the ninth annual Diwali Festival of Lights at Whitten Oval. The Hindu festival of lights is…