News
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Framework for Bunjil’s future
By LACHLAN MOORHEAD A DRAFT programming plan for Casey council’s new cultural precinct was adopted last month. The visual arts programming framework for the upcoming…
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Ram raiders hit party store
THIEVES rammed a car into the rear entry of Lombard The Paper People’s Fountain Gate store in the early hours of Monday 11 January and…
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Speeding P-plater nabbed
AN ALREADY disqualified Berwick P-plate driver was caught speeding 90 kilometres per hour over the limit in Cheltenham. The 22-year-old was caught driving at 150kp/h…
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Hard work pays off
By LACHLAN MOORHEAD THE sleepless nights for the City of Casey’s Year 12 students are finally over. Students throughout the municipality woke up on Monday…
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Lake risk assessment released after drownings
By LACHLAN MOORHEAD AN INTERAGENCY report assessing safety risks at Lysterfield Lake was released this week, almost two years after a five-year-old boy drowned at…
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Cult of religion
Casey council’s support for special religious education in state schools is really anti-educational (Council Backing Schools Religious Studies, Berwick News, Thursday 3 December). If Casey…
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Sun down on council
THE Sunday Herald Sun stated “Casey Council had the worst councillor attendance at official meetings”. With the time spent by at least three of them…
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Manhunt after woman stabbed
POLICE have released an image of a man who is wanted over a stabbing and car theft in Berwick on Monday 14 December. Christos Papathanasiou,…
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Anti-gang youth programs mooted
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS YOUTH Justice workers are set to hit Apex Gang’s juvenile armed robbers and car thieves with behaviour change programs, a children’s court…
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Campaign has cure on the cards
By LACHLAN MOORHEAD A LOCAL diabetes campaign has exceeded all expectations. The T1D Cards for a Cure campaign, which saw donation cards made available at…
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45-minute police chase
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS A DOVETON man tore through red lights in a stolen Yaris as he was pursued by police for up to 45 minutes…
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Transit’s Christmas breakthrough
By LACHLAN MOORHEAD A NARRE Warren Soup kitchen will be a place of hope this holiday season. For the first time in its six-year existence,…