News
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Party like the Dutch do
Akoonah Park will be transformed into a Dutch paradise next month at the return of the Holland Festival to Berwick. As the name suggests, the…
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South East continues to feel housing stress pinch
Almost six per cent of households in the City of Casey are not ‘appropriately housed’, according to new analysis from the Community Housing Industry Association…
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Hand-crafted with love
PRECEDE: Eight years ago, husband and wife team Jason Stockton and Anya Tran never imagined they would soon be running a successful handmade chocolate business.…
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Cousins channel culture
While their name might translate to ‘small ant brothers’, Indigenous boys dance group Bandok Tati are making giant waves in Victoria’s cultural scene. The group…
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Council endorses climate plan
The City of Casey is on its way to becoming a beacon of climate resiliency. A first draft of the City of Casey Climate Action…
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Multiple break-ins at dessert truck
A local Cranbourne business has seen multiple break-ins since the year began. Let’s eat @ MANU’S, a multi-ethnic dessert truck situated at Cranbourne Public Hall,…
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Show president back in the saddle
Leading the Berwick Show society as president for the fourth time, Warwick Glendenning is comfortable in the show-president saddle. But he says guiding the show…
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Welcoming Casey’s multicultural community
A set of multilingual welcome signs is helping The Berwick Show platform its 2023 theme – “We are one – Welcome Everyone’. The series of…
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LPG gas leak leaves Doveton woman in hospital
Energy Safe Victoria (ESV) is reminding Victorians to ensure they check their LPG cylinder connections and only use hoses and fittings provided with approved appliances…
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Q and A with Star News Cranbourne journalist Emily Chapman Laing
Tell us a fun fact about yourself! I am an aunty to 20 children. I have five older siblings who have made a bunch of…
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Farrier’s love for the working horse
Standing in the paddock of his Narre Warren South property, Peter Strafford describes the markers of a good Clydesdale horse. A good shoulder, fine bone…
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Berwick Show set to impress
Presenting its first public show since the Covid pandemic hit in 2020, The Berwick Show hopes to come back with a bang when it enlivens…