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Horticultural leader dies, 72
OBITUARY Cornelius (Kees) Tesselaar 27 October 1941 – 11 January 2014 PATRIARCH of Silvan firm Tesselaar Bulbs, Kees Tesselaar, passed away unexpectedly but peacefully at…
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Uphill battle for firies
By MELISSA MEEHAN EXTREME weather left fire crews stretched as they battled a monastery fire in Olinda on Tuesday. Olinda CFA captain Steve Donner said…
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Bob’s legacy lives on
Obituary Robert (Bob) Glassborow 25 July1913 -13 January 2014 CENTENARIAN BOB Glassborow always said his inquiring mind had kept him healthy, The 100-year-old loved a…
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Funds call for love of the game
OVER the past few months, Tecoma’s blind cricketer Daniel Pritchard said he’s lost confidence in moving around town thanks to the degeneration of what is…
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‘We need pool’
By MELISSA MEEHAN Olinda firefighters say they rely on pool’s water… CFA headquarters and local brigades are at loggerheads over the importance of keeping the…
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Joshua held by light of kindness
By MELISSA MEEHAN PENNE Schwarz can’t believe the kindness of people in her community. But without them, she says her son Joshua’s battle to survive…
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Police end stand-off
By MELISSA MEEHAN POLICE cordoned off nearby streets as a man believed to be brandishing a weapon held them at bay for three hours in…
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Camps boost healthy skills
By REBECCA BILLS DIABETIC youth Phebe te Boekhorst has to live with daily insulin injections to survive. Diagnosed at the age of eight with type…
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Heritage hedge destroyed
By DANIELLE GALVIN A CHARMING 90-year-old hedge was set alight early on Christmas Day in Emerald. Glenda and Ken Taylor awoke just before 2am to…
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Lyrebird fears after cat attacks
By MELISSA MEEHAN THREE lyrebirds have been found dead in the Dandenong Ranges National Park at Sherbrooke in the past few months. Each had been…
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Unrestrained and unsafe
POLICE were lost for words when they pulled over a motorist and found two children travelling without their seat belts and out of their seats…
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Exhausted crews battle monastery blaze
By MELISSA MEEHAN UPDATE: FIRE crews have returned to an old monastery numerous times after putting out a blaze on Tuesday. Olinda CFA Captain Steve…
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