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Guard dogs for bandicoots

These guard dogs in training have their work cut out for them. Two 10-week old maremma sheepdog puppies have joined the team at Werribee Open...

Chirnside family celebrates milestone

Generations of the Chirnside family will gather this weekend to celebrate what would have been Thomas Chirnside’s 200th birthday. Descendants will attend a ceremony at...

Parking fines hit hip pockets

Wyndham council has slugged drivers more than $1.1 million in parking fines over the past year – nearly double the amount of the previous 12 months. During...

Cr Khan cleared

EXCLUSIVE Wyndham councillor Intaj Khan has been cleared of allegations that he misused his position on council by promoting his private business interests in a...
Ghost ship Point Cook

Ghost ship at Bayview Park in Point Cook

A ghost ship will be built at a Point Cook park that was destroyed by fire last September. Wyndham council has released its final design...

Plans for Werribee South ferry sunk

  Plans for a commuter ferry from Werribee South to Docklands are dead in the water, with the state government instead considering a service from...

No nudes for Werribee beach

Nudists will be forced to cover up at a Werribee South beach from September 1. Planning Minister Richard Wynne has approved a request from Wyndham...
wyndham sports stars

Wyndham sports stars recognised

Fifteen young Wyndham sports stars have received $500 grants from the Australian Sports Commission to help them compete at state, national or international competitions. Among...

Point Cook’s operation safe plate

Driving down number plate theft is as simple as changing a few screws. Police and volunteers will be on hand to fit car number plates...

Community calls for Dohertys Road fix

Wyndham businesses have renewed calls to fix Dohertys Road to improve safety and attract new business to the area. The road, which cuts through industrial...

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...

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 callosum,...

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, headed...

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 adviser...

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Hayes retires from VFL

Nick Hayes leaves Werribee on a high having announced his Victorian Football League retirement. The most experienced player in the Tigers premiership team announced that...