News
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Books high-flying off the shelves
By Cam Lucadou-Wells Keen young readers had a ‘screamer’ of a time with Specky Magee author Felice Arena at Bunjil Place Library. The popular children’s…
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Yogini helps customers out of tangle
By Cam Lucadou-Wells The karma train has arrived fortuitously for stricken customers of a closed-down Narre Warren South yoga studio. Several customers claim to have…
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Beaconhills offers shining light
By Cam Lucadou-Wells and Brendan Rees Beaconhills College’s history of generosity has earned it a Casey Australia Day Award. The school’s students volunteered 2200 hours…
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Accused ISIS supporter in court
A Hampton Park disability pensioner accused of funding Islamic State fighters in Syria has reappeared briefly at Melbourne Magistrates’ Court. Isa Kocoglu, 43, allegedly sent…
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Three arrested in gun-trafficking raid
By Cam Lucadou-Wells A man and two women have been arrested by police in Narre Warren as part of a gun-and-drug trafficking investigation. Police allegedly…
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What’s on this weekend
Day of Nations – Hampton ParkAn official flag raising ceremony with live entertainment and market stalls to follow. A free bacon and egg breakfast, jumping…
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Long, bumpy road to recovery
By Cam Lucadou-Wells Works have begun to fix a dangerously undulating section of Narre Warren-Cranbourne Road. The $2.2 million upgrade will level the jarringly uneven…
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Residents flat over looming apartments
By Cam Lucadou-Wells Residents in a Berwick estate fear that a proposed rezoning will lead to “slum dwellings” spoiling their quiet, leafy streets. Casey Council…
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Search for rare parts
By Cam Lucadou-Wells Turning a profit can be a challenge for vintage-car swap-meet enthusiast Ian Clark. Quite often, his eye is grabbed by other sellers’…
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Broadway lights up Bunjil?
By Cam Lucadou-Wells Casey councillor Wayne Smith has ‘value-added’ to his recent council-funded trip to the US – with a side-visit to Broadway, New York.…
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Our neighbourhood’s watch mourned
By Cam Lucadou-Wells and Bonny Burrows Rough diamond, salt-of-the-earth and selfless – they don’t make them like Jennifer Baird anymore. Remembered as the driving force…
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Hoons’ crushed dreams
By Cam Lucadou-Wells UPDATE 1.12pm Two people, including a 22-year-old Endeavour Hills woman, have been charged after anti-hooning police raids on 24 January. She and…