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Runaway driver nabbed by bystanders
Bystanders made a citizen’s arrest in Endeavour Hills following a terminated police pursuit and collision on Heatherton Road. A Victoria Police spokeswoman said officers tried…
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Cops off the counter and out on patrol in new trial
By Cam Lucadou-Wells ENDEAVOUR Hills police station’s front counter will be closed on weekend nights as part of a four-month trial. Once touted as a…
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Door-to-door salesman charged
Police have charged a man following an assault on an elderly man outside an Endeavour Hills home. The 19-year-old from Reservoir has been charged with…
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Door-to-door salesman attacks reluctant customer
A violent salesman punched an elderly resident to the ground outside his Endeavour Hills home. Police are appealing for help to identify the man who…
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Lies on Long Tan
Why are Australian officials commemorating the Battle of Long Tan? The Allied soldiers may have won the Battle of Long Tan on 18 August 1966,…
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Pop up and be counted next
Where next for the City of Casey? That’s the question to be asked at more than 60 community engagement opportunities from now until 16 September.…
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Mercury runs free
By Cam Lucadou-wells A MERCURY spill has led to the closure of a residential street in Doveton during an eight-hour clean-up operation. A CFA spokeswoman…
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Armed burglary at milk bar probed
Police are appealing for help to find two milk bar bandits who struck in Hallam last month. The men entered the Marshall Place shop about…
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Pool in a bubble
By Cam Lucadou-wells Park pool may get multi-million dollar boost… Doveton’s under-utilised and frequently closed Pool in the Park needs a multi-million dollar upgrade to…
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Hot Holden stolen
BALACLAVA-clad thieves attacked a man unloading groceries at his Hallam home and stole his car. Police said two men approached the victim in Albert Road…
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Murder comedy actor hopes he never has to call curtains on his career
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS There’s no shortage of pratfalls in the upcoming Australian professional musical-theatre premiere of Curtains, says actor and assistant choreographer Darren Tyler. The…
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Crafted with care
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS BUDDING playwrights at Gleneagles Secondary College have conceived a madcap comedy from scratch about the unexpected turns of a night of babysitting.…