News
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Axe falls on tree chop former mayor
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS FORMER Berwick mayor Syd Pargeter OAM has been convicted and fined for cutting 29 cypress trees on his neighbour’s property in Harkaway.…
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A whole lotto luck
By LACHLAN MOORHEAD AFTER years of hoping, a golden ticket was found in Berwick this week. Des and Kate Davern, owners of Berwick Springs Lotto…
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Murder charge after mother’s death
By CASEY NEILL HOMICIDE Squad detectives have charged a Doveton man with murder following the death of a 31-year-old mother of four in Noble Park…
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Winning Laing
By DAVID NAGEL CRANBOURNE trainer Robbie Laing was once considered the best jumps trainer in Australia. But don’t be fooled – he’s never been just…
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Mo time for burpees
By LACHLAN MOORHEAD THREE months before their wedding last year, Oliver and Monique Kellett received news that no one should ever have to hear. Monique’s…
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Dozen kids, she’s a supermum
By LACHLAN MOORHEAD THE Brady Bunch can move over, there’s a new favourite family in town and this one lives right here in Casey. Margaret…
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Club marks 10th birthday
By LACHLAN MOORHEAD A VERY special birthday was celebrated by the members of the Berwick Springs View Club last month. The club celebrated its 10th…
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Books the universal love
By LACHLAN MOORHEAD A PICTURE may be worth 1000 words but high school librarian Lynne Moller still encourages her book club students to read those…
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Books open up the world
By LACHLAN MOORHEAD SHANE Papatolicas’s life reads like a bestseller. Last week Gleneagles Secondary School librarian Lynne Moller invited Shane, an English teacher from the…
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Fast moves for self defence
By LACHLAN MOORHEAD IT WAS the crime that rocked Melbourne but the murder of Jill Meagher also triggered wider reverberations that are still being felt…
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MP raises noise over traffic
By LACHLAN MOORHEAD MORE than 200 Casey residents have called on the State Government to improve traffic noise pollution along the Monash Freeway. A 282-signature…
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Community helps stop the harm
By Cameron Lucadou-Wells AN all-of-community response has helped curtail the unprecedented youth suicide cluster in Casey for the past 16 months, says a leading police…