Top honours for Mercy health workers
Werribee Mercy Hospital staff received a double dose of honours at the recent Catholic Health Australia awards.
Hospital ethicist Cormac Nagle and dual diagnosis nurse...
Woodville dress-up day makes learning fun
Popular children’s book characters came to life when Woodville Primary School hosted a dress-up day.
Teachers and students from all years got in on the...
Residents to advise on EPA
Werribee residents can have their say on the future of the Environment Protection Authority when an inquiry team visits next Monday.
The future role of...
Port privitisation puts bid to cut trucks in peril
A project that could take thousands of trucks off inner-west streets has been left languishing while the state government pursues its privatisation of Melbourne’s...
Wyndham Rotary’s high tea for a cause
There will be scones, petit fours and pampering galore this Sunday when Wyndham Rotary hosts a high tea to raise funds for breast cancer...
Scouts roll up for replanting after vandals strike
A Scout group has helped to replant creekside trees destroyed by vandals.
Council officers were shocked to discover someone had driven illegally along Skeleton Creek,...
Portelli family wins Maltese cook-off
Werribee’s Portelli family know their Maltese cuisine.
Matriarch Carmen joined forces with her son Luke and daughter Annie to take out the 2015 Maltese Cook-Off...
Young philanthropist wins youth award
Philanthropist is not a word normally used to describe many 17-year-old girls but, for Sarah Baarini, the term is a perfect fit.
Recognising her extensive...
Stage set for new Thomas Carr arts centre
A state-of-the art performing arts centre and an expanded gymnasium with a show court will be ready in time for the 2017 school year...
Inflating hope for kids
Child protection advocate Bravehearts is calling on communities across Australia to sign up for White Balloon Day on September 11 in support of the...
Wyndham makes the ‘$1billion club’ again
Wyndham has again broken through the $1 billion mark for the value of building permits it issued in the past financial year.
The area was...
New Point Cook school to open in 2017
There’s a new school on the horizon for children in Point Cook.
Point Cook South Primary School has been fast-tracked to open for term one...
Residents petition to keep snake removal service.
An online petition against Wyndham council’s decision to cut its free snake removal service picked up nearly 900 signatures in one week.
The service costs...
No handbrake on job prospect
Mainstream education doesn’t suit all learners, especially those who prefer practical approaches over the theoretical.
For the practical types, Concern Australia (CA), a group founded...
Hundreds gather to farewell John Nicol
Werribee Football Club president John Nicol OAM was remembered as a loving family man that was passionate about his community in a moving funeral...