Q and A with Lisa Hester from Backpacks 4 Vic kids
Tell us a fun fact about yourself!
I create speciality birthday and anniversary cakes.
What do you love about what you do?
I love my volunteers and creating a...
Young cast ‘seize the day’
In next to no time, 50 young performers are staging the Australian premiere of the musical Disney Newsies Jr.
The Berwick-based Masquerade Youth Productions troupe...
Koala arts to the rescue
A monumental art project featuring 23 giant koalas has raised more than $18,000 to help protect Australia’s increasingly threatened koala populations.
About 100 students and...
Three ways to use up leftover Easter chocolate
Three ways to use up leftover Easter chocolate
Melt it down for a fondue spread
Place the chocolate in a saucepan over low heat and...
On his bike for charity
Once again, Paul Atkinson has cycled 200 kilometres of rural scenery as part of Ride for Sick Kids (RSK).
The Narre Warren rider jokes that...
Vanishing act re-appears
Escaping the grips of the Covid-19 pandemic has been a battle even for home-grown magician Cosentino.
In the past two years, lockdowns and restrictions have...
Out of the house, into the shed
Endeavour Hills Men’s Shed at last formally opened its $1.2 million ‘new’ headquarters on 1 March.
The 58 members moved into their impressively-sized shed in...
No shortages at Dandenong Market
Dandenong Market continues to buck the trend with no shortage of fresh fruit and vegetables, meat and seafood that has been reported by the...
Healthy marriage, healthy nation
Marriage celebrant and life coach Suresh Chandra says marriage is not his profession but his passion.
Mr Chandra, 75, of Endeavour Hills, has released a...
Brewer’s pouring success
Brownstone Micro Brewery’s NZ Pilsner has been crowned top of the hops.
The boutique craft beer maker at the hotel Atura Dandenong won a swag...
Elder’s memoir for young and old
Family and connection lay at the heart of Aunty Pat Ockwell’s life story.
And so it was at the official launch of her richly told...
Q and A with new Star News journalist Marcus Uhe
Tell us a fun fact about yourself!
My surname is German and pronounced ‘you-wi’.
What are you most passionate about?
Seeing the Essendon Football Club achieve success.
What...
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A big win for disability inclusion
At only 25, Maya Pinn is paving the way for disability inclusion across the City of Casey, turning her self-described “over-enthusiastic” efforts into a...
