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Werribee Outdoor Pool re-opens in time for summer

If there’s one thing that heralds the arrival of warmer weather in Wyndham, it’s the annual opening of the Werribee Outdoor Pool. The pool will...

Blood donations a safe bet

Here’s a safe bet for the Melbourne Cup long weekend: giving blood will help save lives. The Werribee blood donor centre is concerned the race...

Farewell to a Werribee legend, Rick Wolany

By Shane Bourke This week we said our final goodbyes to Rick Wolany, OAM, a legend in his own lifetime. How do you do justice to...

Taxi driver assaulted

Police have appealed for help to identify a man who allegedly assaulted a taxi driver last month. On September 23, a taxi picked up two...

Nicole a class above

A Point Cook teacher has been named among the state’s best. Nicole Marie from Point Cook Senior College has taken out the outstanding secondary teacher...

Auction action surges

  Wyndham properties are now going under the hammer on Sundays and week nights to cope with the explosion of vendors choosing to sell their...

Grand plans for Pacific museum

A museum that could rival the Guggenheim has been proposed for Point Cook. The Point Cook Action Group (PCAG) is lobbying Wyndham council, the state...

Accordion to George, it’s been a sweet career

When George Butrumlis was handed a baby accordion at six years of age, he had no way of knowing that the instrument would become...

Calling for coast guard volunteers

They’re the first port of call for fishermen and recreational sailors stranded in Port Phillip Bay. Now, the Werribee Coast Guard is putting its own...

Push for Sayers Road fix

  A Point Cook resident is pushing for one of Truganina’s busiest arterials to be duplicated. Claudia Slusarczyk says she wastes two hours on average each...

Uniting Wyndham’s Carol Muir retires

  She’s spent the past 44 years looking after those in crisis, now Uniting Wyndham chief executive Carol Muir is embracing her latest endeavour –...

Missing Werribee woman

Have you seen Anastasia Fountis? Police have appealed for public help to find the 35-year-old Werribee woman who was last on Victoria Way in Fitzroy...

Jobs tactic to fight crime

Victoria Police is throwing its support behind young people in the west as part of its campaign to steer them away from crime and...

Frustration over phone services

Wyndham residents have logged more than 1490 complaints about internet and phone services with the industry’s watchdog over a 12 month period. The Telecommunications Industry...

My Wyndham: Mary Filmer

Mary Filmer, 21, joined the Salvation Army Wyndham City as a teenager. This year she was appointed as a Youth and Children’s Ministry assistant,...

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Multicultural media funding

Victorians, including those in Wyndham, will receive support to tell their stories through the state's vibrant multicultural media outlets. The state government said it is...

Holiday health hell