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Werribee golfer chips away at pro ranking

Every day is different on the professional golf tour for Werribee’s Daniel Valente. Exhilarating highs one round can be replaced by a harsh reality check...

Williams Landing apartment block takes off

Construction is about to start on the first apartment block at Williams Landing, with 90 per cent of its apartments already sold off the...

Goodfellow bows out of politics

As election campaigns ramp up for the October poll, one Wyndham councillor is calling it quits. After eight years representing Harrison Ward, Glenn Goodfellow has...

Councillor ‘unaware’ of mayoral title in video

A Wyndham resident has complained to the Local Government Investigations and Compliance Inspectorate about a councillor ’s role in a video promoting one of...

Nominate a local hero

Do you know an unsung Wyndham hero who deserves recognition? Nominations for the Wyndham Community Volunteer Awards are now open and Wyndham council is calling...

Wyndham parking fine revenue up 92 per cent

Wyndham council parking inspectors slapped drivers with more than 15,000 fines valued at more than $1.5 million in 2015 – almost double the number...

Dangerous dog laws ‘a failure’

Heavy restrictions on pit bulls could be pared back in Wyndham if recommendations of a state parliamentary report are adopted. An inquiry by Parliament’s economic...

Brian gets a sporting chance at life

Brian Presnell has had a tough life. By the age of nine, he’d lost his alcoholic mother, had been repeatedly beaten by his father, in...

Wyndham building works again top $1bn

For a second consecutive year, the value of building construction works in Wyndham has passed the billion-dollar mark. The Werribee Mercy Hospital expansion and Pacific...

Working bee creates a buzz at Men’s Shed

Wyndham Vale Men’s Shed is flushed with the success of its first community working bee. Men’s Shed co-founders Michael Hindle and Kyren Thornwoods and a...

Youth crime up in Wyndham, against trend

Young people have been responsible for more than 8000 criminal offences in Wyndham over the past decade. A Crime Statistics Agency (CSA) report into youth...

Plea to fix Duncans Road

Werribee South residents are putting pressure on VicRoads to take action over a stretch of Duncans Road they says is “an accident waiting to...

New council park fees for personal trainers

Personal trainers using council-owned parks and reserves will now need a permit to take their classes outside. A new Wyndham council policy will slug personal...

Aged care home seeks volunteers

A Wyndham residential aged care home is seeking volunteers to join its team. Mercy Place Wyndham’s leisure and lifestyle co-ordinator, Kerri D’Arcy, says volunteers play...

Young BMX star reaches new heights

This pocket rocket is gearing up for world domination. Truganina’s Cameron Gatt, 7, will take on the best junior BMX riders in the world next...

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Season underway for Wyndham

A new era kicked off for Wyndham in the Big V competition on Saturday. After a summer of change, the first two Big V sides...

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