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Werribee Mercy Hospital is in the midst of a baby boom
Werribee Mercy Hospital is in the midst of a baby boom.
A record 3711 babies, including 26 sets of twins, were born at the hospital...
Joan Broadstock on her love of Wyndham and gardening
Joan Broadstock remembers when cows roamed next to her Hoppers Crossing home.
The 76-year-old Werribee resident, Victoria State Rose Garden Supporters president, tells Charlene Macaulay...
An ocean of hot shops at Pacific Werribee
This is your behind-the-scenes look at the final stage of Pacific Werribee’s $400 million redevelopment.
Pacific Werribee centre manager Jonathan Codman took Star Weekly on a...
Werribee Concert Band turns 30
Tunes spanning three decades will be played in a tribute this month to the Werribee Concert Band’s 30th year on stage.
The 35-member band, joined...
On the job accidents prompts safety warning
Businesses are being urged to lift their game after a recent spate of workplace accidents across Wyndham.
Five Wyndham workplace incidents were reported to WorkSafe...
Crime sparks resident fightback in Tarneit
A Tarneit man is so fed up with the amount of crime in his area that he has formed his own Neighbourhood Watch group.
Sanjay...
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...
Muslims join Sikhs to help homeless youth
Members of Wyndham’s Muslim community are joining Sikhs to feed and protect the vulnerable.
Sohni Dharti, a not-for-profit group based in Williams Landing, was on...
Call of the kookaburra
Wyndham residents will have the opportunity to suss out services in the area at a new festival later this month.
The Wyndham Park Community Hub...
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Gamers welcome
Challenge the best at a free Magic: The Gathering gamers’ tournament at Sunbury library on January 20 from noon until 4pm. Create a...
Police build on ties with Footscray community
Police have been hammering home their community building credentials in a bid to improve safety in Footscray.
A police-led project to build a new wall...
Recognition for using sport as a great healer
Werribee’s Peter Cullen is so passionate about helping people experiencing disadvantage that he decided to make a difference.
It was 1990, and having crossed paths...
Passionate coach in running for community award
For Point Cook’s Errol Hart, athletics is everything.
The Wyndham Track and Field Club athletics coach’s passion for the sport has been recognised by being...
Growing vegies and a sense of inclusion
A group of African refugees are putting down roots in Wyndham through a program at Werribee Community Gardens.
Participants in the project have learnt a...
Wyndham’s Sikhs seek to help
The Sikh Community Senior Support Group started seven years ago with only 10 volunteers and now attracts more than 150 migrants of the Sikh...
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Hospital board applicants encouraged
Victorians are being asked to consider how their leadership, financial skills, local knowledge and lived experience could benefit the state’s hospitals by joining ...
