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MY TOWN: Goodwill, good service mean something
You don’t often get service like this any more. Recently, I had both kids home from school with sore throats, pathetically requesting that I make…
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SPECIAL: Archie Thompson takes time out
If you head to Point Cook’s Tom Roberts Reserve, don’t be surprised if you spot Socceroos and Melbourne Victory star Archie Thompson among the parents…
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PROFILE: Samantha Preuss is off to Africa
Venturing to Africa to immerse herself in village life while helping children and animals has always been a dream for Werribee’s Samantha Preuss. Next year,…
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PROFILE: Soccer boys are doing it for mum
Players from Hoppers Crossing Soccer Club are rallying to support one of their most loyal supporters. Werribee mother-of-three Charlotte Smart was diagnosed with breast cancer…
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PROFILE: Wyndham musos want to help others
Two members of Wyndham pop rockers Masketta Fall are using their industry experience to guide other young musicians. Guitarist Ben Downing and bandmate Daniel Molivas…
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PROFILE: Young Ellinor reaching out to others
Wyndham Vale’s Ellinor Svoronos will aim to raise money to help children battling cancer when she lines up with cancer survivors of all ages this…
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PROFILE: Travis is a Relay for Life ‘veteran’
Werribee’s Travis Tunstall has been driven to help people affected by cancer from a young age. The former Werribee Secondary College student has taken part…
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MY WYNDHAM: Harry van Moorst, Werribee
A Werribee resident for 25 years, environmental activist Harry van Moorst says Wyndham is a great place that needs to be better protected. What’s your…
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PROFILE: Garden helps Karen refugee grow
A new life has grown for a Karen refugee through a Werribee Park project that has taken him back to his family’s roots. See Mee…
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MY WYNDHAM: John Menegazzo, Werribee South
John Menegazzo’s family of market gardeners moved from Italy in the 1920s and ’30s. It’s fair to say the Werribee South resident has the western…
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SPECIAL: Cars are cheap, cause is priceless
It might be shameful to own a “shitbox” in some suburbs, but three teams from Wyndham are celebrating the knockabout cars on a road trip…
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PROFILE: It’s never too late to publish a book
Jean Dickinson has been writing amusing verses, poems and observations about life for almost 70 years. The Hoppers Crossing resident, 89, has written about everything…













