News
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Xena up and about after surgery
By BRIDGET COOK A CRANBOURNE family’s beloved dog has been given a second chance at life, thanks to a charity for pets. The Taualii family’s…
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Service pioneer
By BRIDGET COOK MAUREEN Smollen has both a personal and community reason for organising an Anzac Day service in Pearcedale each year. Not only did…
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Tears of trauma
By BRIDGET COOK WHAT’S helped Peter Godfrey cope with the trauma he experienced from serving in the Vietnam War is helping and giving back to…
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Fountain of fun courtesy Hamish and Andy
IT was a side-splitting five minutes when NEWS reporters Lia Spencer and Bridget Cook met with comedy duo Hamish Blake and Andy Lee at Westfield…
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Scars apart, ’best thing ever’
By CASEY NEILL “YOU’D be six weeks without even taking your boots off, and when you did, your feet’d just bleed. “No blisters or holes…
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Vietnam Veteran scarred by labels
By CASEY NEILL “I STAYED away from RSL groups, Anzac Day marches, anything like that, because we were going to be spat on and called…
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Smith probes Greek connection
By LIA SPENCER A CASEY councillor is undergoing a unique experience to learn more about specific war-sites as well as the Greek connection with Anzac…
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Back on their feet
By BRIDGET COOK A PROGRAM aimed at helping Casey residents with a mental illness lead fulfilling lives has received a funding boost. WISE Employment Cranbourne…
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Casey boss case adjourned
By BRIDGET COOK THE court case into alleged breaches of the Local Government Act by Casey’s CEO has been adjourned. Chief executive Mike Tyler was…
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New lease of life for dogs
By BRIDGET COOK CASEY council has been tasked with finding homes for almost 40 dogs and puppies that were seized from a Cannons Creek puppy…
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Hooning out of hand
By BRIDGET COOK HOONING is rife in the Brookland Greens estate, according to one local resident. Charles Hall, who lives along The Belfry, said hooning…
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Tradition of honour
STUDENTS at St Peter’s College have taken part in several activities this week to honour the Anzac tradition. As part of their history curriculum, year…