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Toying bears fruit
By GEORGIA WESTGARTH AT 18 years old, Barbara Maggs started her love affair with motorcycles and has been riding in the spirit of Christmas with…
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Burglar’s dare comes undone
A MAN arrested and charged in relation to a burglary in Clyde allegedly left the novel Catch Me if You Can on the dining room…
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Court tells why teen was held
SEVDET Besim, the Hallam teenager charged in relation to an alleged Anzac Day terror plot, had been with Numan Haider the day he was killed…
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Lawyers take cases to God
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS THE final course of appeal isn’t necessarily in the High Court. Sometimes for Vera Hardiman, co-ordinator of five lawyers at Casey-Cardinia Community…
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Road to car crime cut
By LACHLAN MOORHEAD CASEY car thieves have been put on notice with police launching extra covert patrols in the region. Last year there were 2189…
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Top medal for Valarie
By GEORGIA WESTGARTH A FRIEND of the Royal Botanic Gardens in Cranbourne for many years, Valarie Tarrant has been awarded with a Medal of the…
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Drive-in auto raiders
RAM-RAIDERS attacked a Cranbourne Autobarn in the early hours of Wednesday morning. It’s believed thieves ploughed an allegedly stolen Holden Statesman through the rear roller…
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Young aces belt it out
By Kathryn Bermingham VICTORIA’S best young tennis players went head-to-head in Pakenham earlier this week for a chance to represent their state. Trials were held…
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Caffeine fix for charity
THE aroma of coffee and sweet treats filled the room at a recently opened social hub in Pakenham. Toomah Community Centre put on its first…
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Youth threaten cab driver
POLICE are on the hunt for three young men who threatened a taxi driver with a meat cleaver and pulled a rope around his neck…
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Principal leaves with love
By GEORGIA WESTGARTH ‘A BRILLIANT career’ written in bold blue letters headlined a canvas sitting in the corner of Marj Scarce’s office on her last…
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Stolen ute still missing
A MAN has been arrested after a ute was stolen in Cranbourne, involved in a police chase, and used in a number of burglaries and…