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Cheers to them
By LACHLAN MOORHEAD CLAUDIA Warszawski is no stranger to stages. This will definitely be helpful when the 19-year-old Endeavour Hills teen jets off to Florida…
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School zone push
By LACHLAN MOORHEAD TWO years after the local community tried and failed to get the speed limit lowered at a notorious Berwick school crossing, the…
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When the penny drops
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS A PROBLEM gambler who has squandered more than $100,000 on poker machines in Doveton and Dandenong has been helped back on the…
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Court cools ice use
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS SPECIALISTS are struggling to find effective treatments for “epidemic” levels of the illicit stimulant drug ‘ice’, says the magistrate at the south-eastern-based…
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Addicts held to account
PRECEDE: Dandenong Drug Court is at the forefront of an alternative way of punishing drug-addicted criminals. Its magistrate Tony Parsons gives offenders every chance to…
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Bad karma
By LACHLAN MOORHEAD THE decision to grant a retrospective planning permit for a Buddhist temple in Narre Warren North has been labelled “unfair” by a…
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No change for suburb name
By BRIDGET COOK No change for suburb name THE three-year saga of changing a suburb boundary and renaming Cranbourne East and Clyde North as Casey…
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Councillors seek Lib seats
By LACHLAN MOORHEAD MAYOR Geoff Ablett is among four Casey Councillors to nominate for Liberal party pre-selection ahead of November’s state election. After another round…
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The big raid
By LACHLAN MOORHEAD POLICE stormed the Hallam clubhouse of the Comancheros early on Wednesday morning in one of the biggest raids on bikies in the…
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Family tie to Travis’s trek
By LACHLAN MOORHEAD AS THE centenary of the start of World War I looms, 15-year-old Travis Reid will soon walk in his great-grandfather’s shoes. The…
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Skydive fights diabetes
By LACHLAN MOORHEAD IT’S been 16 years since Brooke McGown-Grills was diagnosed with diabetes and each year since she has dedicated her time to raising…
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Casey working on family violence
THE City of Casey was recognised at Local Government awards last week for its work in helping to tackle the widespread problem of family violence…