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Yarn bombing hits Cranbourne
THE colourful and addictive hobby of yarn bombing has hit Cranbourne in the most unusual of locations. It’s a trend often confined to outdoor spaces,…
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Wired brain keeps Anne still
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS PARKINSON’S disease doesn’t stand still – but neither does Hallam trailblazer Anne Atkin. Under a warm pink beanie, Ms Atkin is recuperating…
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Ryan, 13, missing since Monday
A MISSING 13-year-old boy from Blackburn North was last seen at the Cranbourne railway station. Police are appealing for public assistance to help locate Ryan…
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Wanted: Hickey alias Brad Nicholls
BLIND Bight man Brad Hickey is wanted by police. The 19-year-old man, who also goes by Brad Nicholls is wanted on warrant following an aggravated…
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Casey’s night sky lit up by car fires
By GEORGIA WESTGARTH ARSON continues to plague Casey as a spate of torched stolen cars keeps the trend alight. Police are currently investigating three car…
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Byrne back with big swing
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS ONE certainty from the decidedly undecided 2 July Federal Election wash-up was re-elected Holt MP Anthony Byrne. The Labor incumbent rode a…
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H2O on the run
CRANBOURNE police have confirmed a water tanker truck was stolen from a Pearcedale business overnight. The large white water tanker, with registration H2O BOY was…
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Tattooist spared jail term for drugs
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS A CRANBOURNE tattooist whose home bungalow contained drugs, two sawn-off long-arms, several machetes and a dagger has been put on a two-year…
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Good behaviour bonds for drunken assault on PSOs
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS A MAN and woman escaped conviction after pleading guilty to a drunken assault on two Protective Services Officers at Cranbourne railway station.…
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Flinders still blue ribbon
By GEORGIA WESTGARTH THE safe Liberal seat of Flinders has remained blue ribbon, despite a 4.87 per cent swing to Labor after preferences. Australian Labor…
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Teen netted in carjacking crackdown
A HAMPTON Park teenager has been charged over one of the armed carjackings in Malvern last month. As part of Operation Cosmas, two teenagers have…
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Snook and co sneak in as flash mob
By GEORGIA WESTGARTH SHOPPERS were stopped in their tracks when a flash mob of up to 40 people started performing some of Australia’s most loved…