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Werribee apartment block wins council approval

A seven-storey apartment block that will directly overlook single-storey homes in Werribee has been given the green light. Wyndham council has granted a planning application...

The vicar is in the house

Rehearsing for the Wyndham Theatre Company’s upcoming show The Vicar of Dibley has been one big laugh for the cast and crew. Point Cook woman...

Unemployment in the west

There are 35,600 unemployed people living in Melbourne’s west – including Wyndham, Brimbank, Hobsons Bay, Melton and Maribyrnong – according to the latest data...

Green light for Mossfiel works

Mossfiel Reserve is one step closer to getting a new pavilion. Last week, Wyndham council awarded Melbcon Pty Ltd the $3.53 million contract for a...

MY WYNDHAM: Emma Slattery

School teacher and mother Emma Slattery has lived in Werribee all her life. Ms Slattery said her favourite feature of the area was its...

Stakes raised in youth crime

Wyndham police say they are concerned about an emerging trend of first-time youth offenders committing serious crimes such as carjackings and home invasions. In the...
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Lack of affordable housing raises alarm

Experts have expressed alarm at the shrinking number of affordable rental properties in Wyndham. To mark Homeless Week (August 7-13), the Council to Homeless Persons...

Fundraising party with the pups

A Werribee business will soon host a paw-fectly cute fundraising day for the RSPCA. Loan Market will be in full-on bake mode when it takes...

Werribee’s big dance

Hundreds of young performers will twirl and tap into the spotlight at the Wyndham Cultural Centre later this month. The In Motion Performing Arts Challenge...

Wyndham pokies spend tops $97m

Wyndham’s pokies raked in more than $97.76 million in the 2016-17 financial year, the eighth-highest in Victoria’s municipalities. Brimbank topped the state with more than...

Students get to work on Palmers Road mural

A group of Point Cook Senior College students are gearing up to create a mural along the Palmers Road noise barrier. Seven year 12 VCAL...

Council push on level crossings

  Wyndham council is sourcing design options for removal of its level crossings. The council’s city transport department has hired an external consultant to detail the...

Business a real live wire

When NAN Electrical Cable started out in 2013, the business had one employee and operated out of a small office in Port Melbourne. Four years...

Stolen goods, weapons seized in Werribee

A 26-year-old Werribee man will have his day in court after police seized a number of allegedly stolen goods, weapons and drugs from his...

Magic act hits the funny bone

Imagine being handcuffed, lowered upside down into a tank of water and having to escape while hundreds, sometimes thousands, of people are watching your...

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Butler to teach tracing lost histories

Those with a love of history, and especially the researching and writing of it, are in for a treat on June 19 when Hobsons...