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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...

Q and A with BATS theatre director Michelle Zintschenko

Tell us a fun fact about yourself! I am an avid curler - as in the Winter sport, not my hair. What are you most passionate...

Halloween park grown at home

The horrors of lockdown have been turned into a home garden Halloween treat in Narre Warren North. Over months, Brooke McGowan-Grills has toiled on her...

Winner announced

Beatrice Blyth couldn’t believe it when she was told she had won $1000 worth of Woolworths Gift Cards. The Berwick woman was the winner of...

Joy found in city sights

A Wheelers Hill mother has featured in photo shoots to lighten the gloom hovering over locked-down Melbourne. Dheepa Awtani said she wanted to highlight the...

Q and A with… Sountharam Chidambaram, Casey resident and participant in Truth to Power...

Tell us a fun fact about yourself. If I see a slide and a swing I start running and screaming like a little girl to...

Coach ‘reinvents’ adversity

Life’s crossroads have been the source of “reinvention” for a former sports coach. Kenny Johnston, from Hampton Park, is set to launch his own bold...

Tennis is back, Covid-safe

Tennis clubs in metropolitan Melbourne can now get back to coaching, as Victoria begins to reopen according to its Covid roadmap. Under directions posted by...

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Sid the Sloth bunkers down with a book at Hampton Park Library. Picture: STEWART CHAMBERS 251997

Q and A with… Courtney Rushton, Casey Cardinia Libraries, Endeavour Hills branch manager

- What does your work at the library involve? I’m the manager of the Endeavour Hills branch so my role is to manage the staff...

Cat companions keep the spirits up

Theres no doubt that throughout these difficult times, the love of our pets has been getting us through. A few weeks ago, we asked residents...

Hope springs for gardeners

Green-thumbs are bursting to tend their locked-down community gardens during a bumper Spring season. Berwick Neighbourhood Centre manager Kim Peterson has been planting seeds for...

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Connected Libraries transition to charity

Connected Libraries will transition to a charity under the Local Government Act 2020, a council report notes. The Local Government Act 2020 stipulates that all...