News
-
Equipment stolen from Wyndham SES
Wyndham State Emergency Service volunteers say they feel as if they have been “kicked in the guts” after their Werribee base was broken into last…
-
Six in line to be our top citizen
A man who helps asylum seekers and the president of a theatre company are among six winners in Wyndham’s Community Volunteer Awards. The winners, named…
-
Tears for a first smile
When Jagger Angelov smiled for the first time, his parents were moved to tears. The one-year-old from Werribee has a disorder of the corpus…
-
Hospital violence taskforce
Werribee Mercy Hospital has welcomed a state government taskforce aimed at reducing attacks on hospital staff. The government has established an occupational violence taskforce,…
-
Police road sting
More than 160 unregistered, unlicensed and disqualified drivers were caught in a single-day police sting across Wyndham and Brimbank last week. Westgate road policing…
-
Grow West celebrates
The Grow West team will put their green thumbs to work later this month to give a farm some much-needed tender loving care –…
-
In the swim
Could this be swimming’s next big thing? Hoppers Crossing teen Emmason McCurley has her sights set on making the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo – and…
-
Giving Mercy a hand
The Hoppers Club is giving a Wyndham health service a helping hand. Club chairman Frank Aidone presented Werribee Mercy Hospital’s palliative care unit with a…
-
Second chance for uni hopefuls
Like many of the students in her course, Kiandra Langdon is the first in her family to go to university. Ms Langdon, 20, is…
-
Doug Mullett’s flying doctor experience
Most people never require the services of the Royal Flying Doctor Service. But for one Werribee man, the service’s staff have come to his rescue…
-
Man arrested over Tarneit siege
A man in his 30s has been arrested after barricading himself and his two kids for more than three hours in a Tarneit property on…
-
CEO Kerry Thompson resigns
Wyndham council chief executive officer Kerry Thompson has resigned. Mayor Peter Maynard announced Ms Thompson’s resignation on Monday afternoon, saying she was leaving the council…
Digital Editions
