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Pollies on the pitch
A TEAM of state MPs will be donning their football boots to take on Doveton’s favourite soccer club next month. On 5 December a group…
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Missing teen may be in Dandenong
POLICE are appealing for public assistance to help locate missing Reservoir teen Sophie Potlimbrzovic who frequents Dandenong. Sophie was last seen at a residential address…
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Police seek trio over school smash rampage
THE assistant principal of an Endeavour Hills high school where 39 windows were smashed last month said the damage was a waste of taxpayers’ money.…
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Copper’s seen some close calls
By LACHLAN MOORHEAD A FORTNIGHT ago Phil Byrne stood during the Remembrance Day service in Narre Warren North and paid his silent respects to the…
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Predator priest complaints fell on deaf ears
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS WIELDING a gun, stealing school funds and molesting children – no allegation was strong enough to dislodge parish priest Father Peter Searson…
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Delayed action against ex-priest
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS SENIOR Catholic clergy took nearly a decade to act against late priest Father Peter Searson’s alleged assaulting of children during his time…
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Have you seen him?
By GEORGIA WESTGARTH POLICE have released images of a man they believe will be able to help them with an October car theft in Doveton.…
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Police won’t rise to bait
By LACHLAN MOORHEAD VICTORIA Police will not be drawn into pursuits by youths who steal cars from homes and try to “lure” officers into chasing…
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Council’s quick response
CASEY council has replaced its Ward Grant program with a new process to ensure it is in line with amendments to the Local Government Act.…
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More lanes for freeway
By LACHLAN MOORHEAD EXTRA lanes will be added to the Monash Freeway in Melbourne’s outer south-east, with plans for a $400 million upgrade to the…
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Vandals on rampage at school
POLICE are looking for three men who went on the rampage at Gleneagles Secondary College last month, smashing 37 windows and leaving the school with…
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Maha bridges cultural gap
By LACHLAN MOORHEAD POLICE officer Maha Sukkar is something of a pioneer. The Lebanese-born Maha was the first Victorian police officer to wear a hijab…