News
-
Creative youth
SOME of Casey’s most creative and artistic young people were recognised at the 2015 Casey Creations Youth Arts Competition awards ceremony on 11 June. The…
-
Home for new design
By CASEY NEILL and GEORGIA WESTGARTH A HALLAM design studio is in the running for top housing awards. Graham Jones Design’s home Emerald is a…
-
Bail after bomb scare
A 27-YEAR-OLD man was arrested after police rushed to a bomb scare in Doveton this month. The police Bomb Response Unit was called to the…
-
Idle hands forge troubles for blacksmith
SOMETIMES, when we had nothing to buy from the shops we wandered along the main street and looked in the shop windows. Or we would…
-
Minister’s ‘no’ to violence
By LACHLAN MOORHEAD A NEW family violence campaign seeking to raise awareness in local schools was launched in Berwick this month, the day after damning…
-
Boy grabbed for backpack
POLICE are looking for a man who grabbed at a 10-year-old boy in Noble Park as he walked home from school. The boy was walking…
-
No trouble brewing here, say cops, just a friendly get together
By LACHLAN MOORHEAD A NEW police initiative encouraging the community to meet their local police officers is coming to Endeavour Hills. The Coffee with a…
-
Uplifting awards
TWO beautiful images captured by Journal photographers were awarded top prizes at the annual Community Newspapers of Australia awards. The southern division awards recognise community…
-
Anti-drugs funding set to put the heat on ice
By LACHLAN MOORHEAD A NARRE Warren community centre is set to receive $1 million in State Government funding to tackle the spread of ice. On…
-
Urban sprawl threats
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS THE rapidly-advancing urban sprawl is tipping the ecological and economic balance in the UNESCO-branded Western Port Biosphere, the region’s foundation has reported.…
-
Builders line up for arts centre
FOUR contractors have been shortlisted to construct the City of Casey’s new arts, civic and cultural precinct. The $125 million Bunjil Place will be built…
-
‘Tight knit family shot in cold blood for greed’
By BELLE NOLAN, Police Life AN injured man cowers at the scene of a brutal double murder. A diamond merchant, his wife and son have…