Tag: News
Bus back home
By CASEY NEILL
A FRANTIC mum went to the Dandenong Police Station counter on 15 April living every parent’s worst nightmare - her daughter was...
Girl breaks away from kidnap bid
A TEENAGE girl managed to escape into a nearby park after a man tried to take her from a Doveton bus stop this month.
The...
Jobs to make an active connection
A JOB seeker service will itself generate four new jobs in Narre Warren, seven in Cranbourne and 14 in Dandenong and Springvale.
New Job Prospects...
Wasp report stings council into action
By LACHLAN MOORHEAD
MORE than 50 wasp sightings in Casey have been referred to pest controllers over a three month period in 2015,...
Sin bin for blaze dare
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS
A MAN who caused Fountain Gate shopping centre to be evacuated after setting a bin full of cardboard on fire...
Road rage driver hits car with hammer
Narre Warren police are appealing for witnesses after reports of a man driving erratically, tailgating and striking a Lexus with a hammer on the...
Health kitchen food strike serves up a sour taste
By CASEY NEILL
MONASH Health has refused to confirm whether it threw away food left unattended during a kitchen strike last week - or served...
Islamic centre closes after “false accusations“
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS
AL-FURQAN Islamic Centre in Springvale South has announced its immediate closure due to “harassment, pressure and false accusations”.
In a statement on its...
New charges for terror accused teen
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS
A HAMPTON Park man who had been placed in preventative detention since Saturday’s counter-terrorism raids has been released, re-arrested and charged by...
Spirit rises up with the sun
ENDEAVOUR Hills resident Asanga Seneviratne was among 76 students chosen to represent Victoria at the Anzac Day Dawn Service in Gallipoli, Turkey.
The Berwick...
Spirit of teenage war adventure
AS THE centenary of the Anzac landing in Gallipoli is commemorated this week, 16-year-old TRAVIS REID, from Hallam Senior College, reflected on his journey...
Mission to save wounded
By CASEY NEILL
DANDENONG man Rod Tharle thought his great uncle had died on a World War I battlefield.
But just a few years ago he...