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Hooded raiders strike
POLICE are hunting two armed and balaclava-clad crooks who raided a mini-mart in Endeavour Hills. The offenders entered the James Cook Drive store with weapons…
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Mayor congratulates the calibre of creations
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. Council…
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Biosphere expansion pressures
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.…
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Guitars to tune of $5000 stolen
AT LEAST $5000 worth of guitars were stolen from a Cranbourne recording studio earlier this month. Police are investigating the incident in which four guitars…
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Breaking ranks
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS CASEY Council has refused to endorse – or give reasons why it doesn’t support – a multi-council campaign for more federal funding…
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Crash conviction
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS A MAGISTRATE has questioned why a man suffering chronic post-accident pain had a licence after his careless driving caused another driver to…
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Trafficker gets corrections order
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS A FIRST-TIME drug trafficker was placed on a 12-month community corrections order without conviction after police seized cannabis from his Berwick house.…
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DIY store scam
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS Discarded receipts cash back on stolen goods… A WOMAN was caught defrauding a Bunnings store using discarded receipts that she collected in…
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Two arrested on theft charges
By ANEEKA SIMONIS POLICE have arrested two teens accused of stealing a car and fraudulently using a stolen credit card in Pakenham in recent weeks.…
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Refugee’s fight for rights
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS FORMER asylum seeker Hayatullah Rahimi has fled the Taliban in Afghanistan and won permanent residency in Australia, but his struggles are far…
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Can-do attitude
By DANNY BUTTLER Family charity calls for business help… PAKENHAM businesses are being called on to help provide the basics of life for struggling families.…
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Live baiting ‘well known’
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS A STATE-COMMISSIONED report has concluded “clandestine” live baiting of greyhounds was “well known” and unlikely to have been confined to the Tooradin…
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