News
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Rates revised
THE City of Casey this week adopted its revised 2014-15 Budget which will see a reduction in the previously planned rate rise due to the…
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Narre Warren shooting
POLICE have yet to lay charges following a shooting in Narre Warren yesterday. Emergency services were called to a house in Heyington Circle about 5pm…
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They drove a Jeep – badly
POLICE are trying to track down the driver of a Jeep seen driving recklessly throughout Doveton and Dandenong this month. It’s believed the black Jeep…
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Batoor’s life through the lens
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS PHOTO-JOURNALIST Barat Ali Batoor has ridden outrageous luck to settle in Narre Warren. He fled for his life from Afghanistan in 2012…
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Living with diabetes
By LACHLAN MOORHEAD BROOKE McGowan knows what it’s like to live with type one diabetes. Diagnosed with the illness when she was six, the now…
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My two mums
By LACHLAN MOORHEAD A 10-YEAR-OLD Berwick boy has written to Prime Minister Tony Abbott, asking why his two mums can’t be married. Jaden’s query as…
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Forbidden fruit
By LACHLAN MOORHEAD THE owner of the Doveton Fruit Shop said he was shocked after about 10 boxes of produce were stolen from his store…
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It’s rubbish as usual after truck fleet grounded
By BRIDGET COOK THE City of Casey has quashed reports that council’s regular garbage collection will be affected after Cleanaway (Transpacific) voluntarily grounded its fleet…
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Promotion of peace
By LACHLAN MOORHEAD ANOTHER year has passed for the Casey Multi-Faith Network, but with it has come new achievements. Last Thursday the group reflected on…
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‘Book Igloo’ cool for school
By LACHLAN MOORHEAD READING and science came together in an impressive amalgamation at Gleneagles Secondary College this month. This term students began to build a…
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Global links
By LACHLAN MOORHEAD A LITTLE bit of Malaysia was brought to Fountain Gate Secondary College this month. Students from Fountain Gate Secondary’s Malaysian sister school…
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Wheel change
By NARELLE COULTER AFGHAN refugee women have their hands on the wheel of independence, thanks to an innovative learn-to-drive program. The Association of Hazaras in…