News
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It’s a tree of dreams
By Cam Lucadou-Wells FOR years, the towering cypress tree had been a centrepiece of Fountain Gate Primary School’s playground. Students had frolicked under its mighty…
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Soccer stars share mad skills
By Cam Lucadou-Wells SOME of Brazil’s finest soccer players shared their immense skills and exuberance in a sports clinic at Maranatha Christian School, Doveton. As…
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State to get a licking on ‘lollipop’ costs
By Cam Lucadou-Wells CASEY Council will lobby for the State Government to pay its “fair” share of the municipality’s $2.7 million annual bill for school…
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‘Just be good together’
“Be there for each other. Right or wrong, work things out,” says Hallam woman Doris Agius when asked the secret to a successful marriage. Her…
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Time to come clean, Casey tells VicTrack
By Cam Lucadou-Wells CASEY Council will seek to take control of a VicTrack-owned rail overpass’s walls that have been long blighted by graffiti. Mayor Sam…
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Cultural clash
By Cam Lucadou-Wells CASEY council has scuttled a proposed meeting with Victorian Multicultural Commission chairwoman Helen Kapalos and state Multicultural Minister Robin Scott. Councillor Rex…
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Funds to curb youth crime
By Cam Lucadou-Wells NEARLY $1 million of a state community safety and crime prevention grants program will be targeted in Casey. The State Government announced…
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Needy numbers on the rise
By Cam Lucadou-Wells FROM within Casey’s giant 300,000 population is a giant body of needy families – especially at Christmas. Inside a vast room at…
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Liam’s hair-raising good deed
By Cam Lucadou-Wells IT’S been a kind of reverse-Samson effect for newly-shorn St Catherine’s Primary student Liam Campos. Rather than having his powers dimmed by…
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Precious gifts from friends
By Cam Lucadou-Wells CHRISTMAS trees that also give the gift of education in Timor Leste are being sold at Akoonah Park Market, Berwick. Tree-selling organisers,…
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Case(y) for Chinese investment
By Cam Lucadou-Wells GENERATIONS to come will be thankful for Casey’s planned trade mission to China at the cost of up to $25,000, says Casey…
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Premier’s praise for avid kid readers
KILBERRY Valley Primary School’s most avid readers have been personally congratulated by Premier Daniel Andrews and wife Catherine. During a visit to the school, Mr…












