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A grand time had by all
GRANDPARENTS and their grandkids flexed their muscles together at a special event at the Cranbourne YMCA last week. To combat the number of grandparents missing…
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Film paints good picture on climate change
LA TROBE MP Jason Wood has encouraged climate change sceptics to watch Al Gore’s film An Inconvenient Truth. At a speech in Federal Parliament last…
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Cabbies at crisis point
By Sarah SchwagerLOCAL taxi drivers have spoken out about the safety fears felt by many Melbourne drivers. Narre Warren South’s Bahadur Singh said he no…
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Handlebars spike boy’s stomach
By Sarah SchwagerTHRILLS and spills at a Cranbourne skate park went too far for one youngster, who ended up in hospital after a dramatic fall…
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Beardon should quit, says mayor
By Alison NoonanON-again Casey councillor Steve Beardon should be off again, says mayor Kevin Bradford. The call came following a heated confrontation between the mayor…
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Missing girl found
THE disappearance of a Blind Bight teenager sparked a major police search last week. Much of the coastal village was blocked off on Wednesday as…
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Residents consider their drain options
By Sarah SchwagerA ‘DRAINING’ issue facing Tooradin residents is set to be addressed at a public meeting. The problem of open drains in Harewood Street…
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Green bags the go, says council
CASEY Council is considering a rollout of recyclable green bags to residents to reduce the five billion plastic checkout bags used in Australia each year.…
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Art show blast
AN EXPLOSION of art is set to hit the Cranbourne Primary School community when students present their most creative pieces today (Thursday). Dubbed ‘Art Explosion’…
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Dear dairy, we won
By Sarah SchwagerA FIVE Ways dairy farmer has made it to the finals of the country’s largest livestock competition. John Gardiner stormed through the Semex…
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Warn friends, ‘pirate’ told
By Glen Atwell THE mastermind of a backyard DVD-burning laboratory in Cranbourne was convicted in Dandenong Magistrates’ Court last week of 12 copyright offences .…
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Change for sea towns
CASEY’S coastal communities will be brought closer together as part of an initiative to strengthen small Victorian communities. Cannons Creek, Cranbourne South, Tooradin, Warneet, Blind…