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  • Woman foils bag snatch robbery

    POLICE are investigating an attempted robbery at Hampton Park Shopping Centre last week. It is believed an 18yearold woman was waiting for an available pay…

  • Focus on child abuse

    CHILD abuse and neglect will be the focus of a new program set to start in Casey next year. Minister for Children, Sherryl Garbutt, last…

  • Hearing loss hits home

    MORE than 40,000 people in Casey suffer some form of hearing loss, according to new Access Economics research. Kerryn Phelps, former president of the Australian…

  • Funds boost for TAFE

    BERWICK’S Chisholm Institute of TAFE will receive $196,000 as part of a $20 million State Government package to improve facilities and equipment at TAFE colleges.…

  • Out for a year

    By Callan DateA NETBALL player received a 52-week suspension after a match turned ugly at the Endeavour Hills Leisure Centre last week. Placid passes were…

  • Computer and tools stolen

    THIEVES raided a Berwick automotive factory last week and stole a laptop computer and workshop tools. Police said the burglary occurred sometime on the night…

  • More protection being trialled

    TAXI official Paul Smith says the industry is introducing ways of helping improve driver safety. The Dandenong Taxi manager said cabs were fitted with an…

  • Probe after worker is burned

    – Callan DateA HALLAM apprentice has been left with burns to the lower part of his body after an alleged prank went wrong last week.…

  • Focus goes on families

    By Callan Date AUSTRALIAN Attorney-General Philip Ruddock visited Berwick last Thursday to officially launch the new Berwick Family Relationship Centre. Mr Ruddock said he was…

  • It’s hip-hop hooray

    FOUR local dance acts are set for a shakedown this month when they compete in a national urban dance youth contest in Melbourne. The Shakedown…

  • Cranbourne RSL cliffhanger

    CRANBOURNE RSL Bowls Club’s division-three team had another huge cliffhanger triumph for the second time away from home in two weeks on Saturday. It fought…

  • Kids catch science bug

    A BUDDING Einstein or Newton may be in the making at Doveton Heights Primary School after National Science Week sparked students’ curiosity last Thursday. The…

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