News
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Paramedic injured in ambulance slip
By MELISSA MEEHAN A PARAMEDIC was taken to hospital last night after the ambulance she was travelling in accidently ran into a front yard in…
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Culture of celebration
By REBECCA BILLS LAST month students at Montrose Primary School celebrated Chinese culture with a whole school celebration. Chinese teacher Hua Yao said the day…
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Orange role in offing
By ANEEKA SIMONIS CAN you see yourself in orange? That is the question being posed by Emerald’s State Emergency Service’s (SES) Acting Controller Ben Owen…
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Teacher bags top award
By REBECCA BILLS MOUNT Evelyn Special Development School (SDS) teacher Shane Spence has been awarded the Victoria Teachers Mutual Bank Teacher of the Year. As…
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Training for educated experts
By REBECCA BILLS MACCLESFIELD Primary School students have been busy with interesting activities as part of Education Week. Seven students form grades three, four, five…
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Police briefs
Bite-sized break-in THREE apple computers were stolen from a school in David Hill Road, Monbulk, last week. Police are asking for witnesses to come forward.…
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PJ kids dance the night away
By MELISSA MEEHAN IT’S a disco for the kids, by the kids. Cockatoo’s disco is ramping up again to celebrate the end of term and…
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Police deny cuts claim
By REBECCA BILLS POLICE numbers have been boosted in Victoria despite ALP candidate for Ferntree Gully Matt Posetti saying otherwise. Mr Posetti said there were…
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Crooks busted
By JESSE GRAHAM CRIME statistics have skyrocketed in the Cardinia area, according to the latest statistics, but key crimes, such as family violence, remain higher…
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Bar up in smoke
By MONIQUE KUZEFF TEA towels are to blame for a fire that destroyed a popular Olinda restaurant’s bar on Thursday afternoon. Fire crews said a…
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Residents look to future
By REBECCA BILLS MOUNT Evelyn residents attended the Mount Evelyn Community Meeting last Wednesday to discuss the future of the town. Mount Evelyn Environment Protection…
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Face of human kindness
By MELISSA MEEHAN IT ALL started with the 50 acts of fearlessness challenge. Sassafras resident Kiarne Conder, 19, said she felt like she was existing…