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Primary school to get ‘much-needed’ classrooms
By Sarah SchwagerPEARCEDALE Primary School will get much-needed new classrooms, toilets and a physical education facility after funding was announced in the State Budget last…
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Playtime program
THIRTEEN local playgrounds are to be refurbished under Casey Council’s capital works program. The council is now consulting residents on what features they want to…
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Man stabbed in leg
A DANDENONG man was airlifted to the Royal Melbourne Hospital after he was stabbed in the thigh. Police said the 23-year-old man was walking through…
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Ground into play
FLINDERS MP Greg Hunt visited Tooradin Primary School last week to test out the school’s new playground equipment. The school recently finished building the playground…
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Youth demand prompts library growth
CASEY Council is again seeking funding to have the Hampton Park Library extended. A number of councillors have already complained that the library was built…
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Residents gain drain funding
By Melissa Meehan TOORADIN residents are starting to gain ground in their uphill battle to repair the town’s drainage problem with the council making plans…
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Lynbrook students set the story stage
LYNBROOK Primary School students danced as lollies, toys and pets in a bid to top their first ever Wakakirri performance last night. Teachers, parents and…
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Beloved dog killed in Labrador attack
By Callan Date AN 80-YEAR-OLD Junction Village woman has had to have her dog put down after two other dogs mauled it. Zara Hawkins was…
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U3A into the spirit
CRANBOURNE U3A members got into the Christmas spirit recently. After a long year, members and their families and friends celebrated in style at the Amstel…
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Train assault charge
A NOBLE Park man has been charged over the assault of a man on a Cranbourne-bound train early on Saturday morning. Mark Eli, 21, was…
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Door opens to burglary
A CUSTOM-MADE door has been stolen from a Cranbourne house under construction. The doors, made only to fit that particular house, were stolen between 3pm…
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Petrol bomber hunt
By Sarah SchwagerA CRANBOURNE family was horrified after a firebomb was thrown into their house on Christmas Day while they were at home. A mother…