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  • Charges following hair salon burglaries

    Charges following hair salon burglaries

    By Brendan Rees Police have charged three men from Dandenong, Narre Warren and Endeavour Hills following three burglaries at hair salons on Thursday morning, March…

  • Vaccine extended against deadly outbreak

    Vaccine extended against deadly outbreak

    By Cam Lucadou-Wells  Eight cases of the deadly disease meningococcal have been recorded in Casey in 2017. A vaccine program for teenagers has been extended…

  • Exotic dance wows Maramba

    Exotic dance wows Maramba

     Indonesian dance graced the basketball court at Maramba Primary School as part of Cultural Diversity Week celebrations on 21 March. A strikingly-costumed Maria Lees, of…

  • Council endorses China trip next month

    Council endorses China trip next month

    By Cam Lucadou-Wells  Within days, Casey councillors Sam Aziz and Wayne Smith are set to fly back to China to sign a landmark economic partnership…

  • Driver clocked at 149km/h near road works

    Driver clocked at 149km/h near road works

    By Cam Lucadou-Wells A man has been caught speeding at three times the limit near an active road works area in Narre Warren. The 27-year-old…

  • Casey acting CEO replaced

    Casey acting CEO replaced

    By Cam Lucadou-Wells Casey Council has switched acting chief executives, a month after its long-acting CEO Mike Tyler’s sudden departure. Steve Dalton, the council’s director…

  • Freeway upgrade finishes, another begins

    Freeway upgrade finishes, another begins

    By Cam Lucadou-Wells An announced $711 million Monash Freeway upgrade has been welcomed – though further road and rail upgrades are also urgently required, says…

  • Sick trees plague residents

    Sick trees plague residents

    By Cam Lucadou-Wells Casey Council has no plans to remove scores of unpopular sickly gum trees that are shedding piles of leaves in hapless residents’…

  • Homeless crisis deepens

    Homeless crisis deepens

    By Cam Lucadou-Wells Casey’s growing tide of homelessness has swelled well over 1000, according to the latest statistics. There were about 1280 homeless in the…

  • Narre Warren mum strikes it rich

    Narre Warren mum strikes it rich

    By Cam Lucadou-Wells  A Narre Warren woman plans to unshackle herself from the home mortgage after becoming an instant TattsLotto millionaire. The mother, who wishes…

  • Crime in Casey continues to fall

    Crime in Casey continues to fall

    By Cam Lucadou-Wells Casey’s crime rate has fallen for the second consecutive official report, reversing a six-year upward trend. Police Minister Lisa Neville said Victorians…

  • VicRoads rebuffs child-safety pleas

    VicRoads rebuffs child-safety pleas

    By Cam Lucadou-Wells  Worried residents and staff at an early learning centre have called on VicRoads to avert a looming catastrophe on a 100km/h section…

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