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Bail rejected after interjection warning
By Cam Lucadou-Wells AN accused family violence offender is facing allegations of entrapping his partner’s foot on the accelerator as they drove on a freeway,…
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Queueing up for a taste sensation
By Cam Lucadou-Wells COULD there be a better exponent of ‘food porn’ than Sugar Buns cafe in Hampton Park? The much-photographed mega-shakes are indeed a…
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Big beverage is liquid gold
By Cam Lucadou-Wells HAMPTON Park’s home of the wildly popular sensation ‘mega shakes’ could be set to explode into a national – and even international…
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Go for green screen
THE red carpet is about to roll out for some of Berwick Lodge Primary School students’ best work in front of the green screen. The…
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Council flags at half-mast until ‘terrorism’ tackled
By Cam Lucadou-Wells CASEY Council has stepped up its law-and-order campaign, resolving to fly its flags at half-mast until there’s further police and government action…
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Residents fight back
By Cam Lucadou-Wells GOVERNMENT subsidies should be extended to home CCTV and security alarms to help improve community safety, says a Berwick crime-prevention forum organiser.…
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Kids on a high for school musical
By Cam Lucadou-Wells JAMES Cook Primary students have built a towering singing-and-dancing spectacle The Eight Storey Treehouse. The school’s annual musical involved every student –…
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Power player has city-wide reach
By Cam Lucadou-Wells HALLAM electrical contractor Powerplant Project Services is a “little guy” that is a growing force, having recently won a state contract to…
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Fun ends in fine
A DOVETON man had his $330,000 Mercedes Benz coupe impounded after “having a bit of fun” while loudly revving and fishtailing through traffic in Southbank…
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Loo lost in blaze
A TOILET block has gone up in flames. The Golden Grove Drive, Narre Warren South, public toilet block sustained extensive damage after a green wheelie…
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Owner foils early morning robbery
THEY arrived with an empty trailer and left with one. Unknown offenders entered a garage and rear yard in Berwick on Wednesday 31 August, about…
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More police out to target road toll
By Georgia Westgarth IT’S been Victoria’s worst start to the year for road fatalities since 2008 and new measures have been announced to help curb…