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  • Told to stop the dust

    Told to stop the dust

    By Cam Lucadou-Wells The state’s environmental watchdog has issued pollution abatement notices to two Hallam businesses for swarms of dust plaguing nearby homes and workplaces.…

  • Fake lawyer adjourns cases

    Fake lawyer adjourns cases

    By Cam Lucadou-Wells A fake lawyer has apparently been emailing requests on behalf of at least two defendants at Dandenong Magistrates’ Court, a magistrate has…

  • Nude nuts raise $2500

    Nude nuts raise $2500

    By Cam Lucadou-Wells Three students at Don Bosco Primary School have denuded their skulls and doorknocked as part of a $2500 fund-raiser for cancer research.…

  • Long road to sod turn

    Long road to sod turn

    Works have begun on a $5.7 million upgrade of Hampton Primary School. Narre Warren South MP Judith Couacaud Graley turned the first sods with parents,…

  • Uni has big plans

    Uni has big plans

    By Cam Lucadou-Wells Federation University has expansive plans for its Berwick campus including a business technology park, says strategic director Greg Jakob. The campus’s strategies…

  • Search for a star

    Search for a star

    By Cam Lucadou-Wells An annual Cranbourne singing contest, which has raised more than $25,000 for Cancer Council Victoria, is open for auditions. Star Search 2016…

  • Girlfriend choked until unconscious

    Girlfriend choked until unconscious

    By Cam Lucadou-Wells A 19-year-old man has been put on a community corrections order after pleading guilty to punching, strangling and hitting a school girl…

  • Ultimate man cave

    Ultimate man cave

    By Cam Lucadou-Wells After months of fund-raising and toil, Akoonah Park Men’s Shed’s 165 members have unveiled their ‘West Wing’. The $130,000 recreation room, commercial-size…

  • Special take on bikes

    Special take on bikes

    By Cam Lucadou-Wells Students from Dandenong Valley Special Developmental School in Narre Warren took a spin on the Casey Criterium track for an all-abilities bike…

  • ‘Violent offender’ behind bars

    ‘Violent offender’ behind bars

    By Cam Lucadou-Wells A Narre Warren South man – described as a “serious violent offender” – has been jailed for up to 18 months after…

  • Clean-up for tagged bridge

    Clean-up for tagged bridge

    By Cam Lucadou-Wells A short and “strident” Casey Council campaign has successfully shamed a state authority to clean-up a heavily graffitied rail bridge in Narre…

  • Virtual dream becomes reality

    Virtual dream becomes reality

    By Cam Lucadou-Wells The dream of a new synthetic soccer pitch in Endeavour Hills is closer to reality after a $502,000 State Budget announcement on…

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