News
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Family’s concern for missing man
POLICE are searching for a Lynbrook man with mental health issues who has not made contact with his family for a week. Damien Brownley, 28,…
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Helping kids ACE against odds
By LACHLAN MOORHEAD DR LEON Shapero rifled through his drawer until he found one particular letter that he cherished. The printed email speaks of a…
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Shopping trolleys taking over
By GEORGIA WESTGARTH DOZENS of shopping trolleys are being neatly collated in disabled car parks at the entrance to Safeway at Cranbourne Park shopping centre.…
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PM shirtfronts terror
By ANEEKA SIMONIS PRIME Minister Tony Abbott held closed terror discussions with police members across the south-east at Endeavour Hills police station – the site…
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Plea to fix it now
By GEORGIA WESTGARTH MORE than 6000 people have signed an online petition for a roundabout to be built at a notorious intersection in Pearcedale. The…
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Man critical after smash
A MAN in his thirties is in a critical condition following a two-vehicle crash in Lyndhurst overnight. Emergency services were called to the crash between…
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$5m cannabis seized
CASEY police have seized about $5 million worth of cannabis in five weeks. CIU detectives seized roughly 1000 cannabis plants after executing five different search…
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Apple story cut short
By GEORGIA WESTGARTH LYNBROOK Primary School students will be the last to learn about the lifecycle of an apple from apple growers themselves. Fruit Growers…
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Live baiting ‘well known’
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS A STATE-COMMISSIONED report has concluded “clandestine” live baiting of greyhounds was “well known” and unlikely to have been confined to the Tooradin…
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Hands up for GP Run
APPLICATIONS are now open for interested stallholders who want to be involved in the 2015 Cranbourne GP Run. The Cranbourne GP Run is a popular…
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Refugee’s fight for rights
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS FORMER asylum seeker Hayatullah Rahimi has fled the Taliban in Afghanistan and won permanent residency in Australia, but his struggles are far…
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Wrapped up in the games
By DANI ROTHWELL GOING to the footy or netball on the weekend is a quintessentially Aussie thing to do. The sense of community provided by…