St Albans
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Where we live: The changing face of Victoria’s neighbourhoods
In this series, The Age profiles Victorian suburbs and towns to reveal how they’ve changed over the decades.
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St Albans, so long a rough diamond of the west, is beginning to shine
It has welcomed successive waves of migrants. It is home to a beloved market and foodie strip. And it’s just half an hour from the CBD. It is St Albans – and proud of it.
- by Melissa Cunningham
Boy, 14, died after being hit by car then stabbed in ‘targeted assault’
Victoria Police have described a horrific assault in St Albans in which a car struck a teenager before two men with knives and face-coverings got out and stabbed him.
- by Lachlan Abbott and Ashleigh McMillan
Special Series
Life in the ’burbs
I live in St Albans, and we’re not all criminals
People seem surprised that I returned to St Albans to start a family, but I love the suburb and the school where I teach.
- by Amra Pajalic
Three teens arrested and released after fatal St Albans stabbing
A 32-year-old man died in hospital after being stabbed during an altercation in St Albans on Friday night.
- by Ashleigh McMillan
Underrated and overlooked: Seven of Melbourne’s unsung suburbs
There are dozens of underappreciated and up-and-coming neighbourhoods across our sprawling metropolis that won’t make it into travel guides but are loved by those who live there.
- by Rachael Dexter
Man charged with murder faces court after body discovered in St Albans
A 76-year-old man has been charged with murder after the death of a woman police say was known to him.
- by Ashleigh McMillan
Hope of quicker fix for reeking tip riling residents in city's west
A unique trial to cool underground waste at a smouldering Melbourne landfill has showed promising results and may offer hope to residents who say the stench is intolerable.
- by Zach Hope
St Albans home to least active Victorians with three-quarters not exercising enough
About eight years ago Eangano Singehebhuye was kicking a soccer ball in a park in Melbourne's north-west when he noticed some curious children watching on.
- by Melissa Cunningham and Craig Butt
Six-year-old left alone in car after alleged drunk driver crashes
Police allege a 40-year-old St Albans man lost control of the vehicle while more than four times over the legal alcohol limit.
- by Nicole Precel
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Missing person
Body of missing elderly man found in park in Melbourne's west
Luigi Di Sante was 86 and suffered from short-term memory loss. He went missing around 12.40pm on Friday in St Albans.
- by Matilda Boseley
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