Marg Moments: Easy pickings at fruit stall
LAST Tuesday afternoon I spotted a well-dressed middle-aged woman walking past the fresh fruit displayed by a greengrocer in Chester Street, Oakleigh.
It was temptingly...
As trains hurtle in, unlikely hero steps up
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS
AN injured back and a hernia hanging out of his stomach didn't stop a WorkCover pensioner from twice saving a young man's...
A $200,000 jump-start
By Cameron Lucadou-Wells
CASEY Council will consider funding defibrillators at each of its 88 sports pavilions at a possible cost of about $200,000.
Casey sport and...
League makes heartfelt pitch
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS
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A CARDIAC arrest suffered by a player at a game...
Flights of fancy
Pigeon fanciers have been in lockdown since hundreds of their birds were infected with a deadly virus last year. As a statewide ban on...
Casey council drama: Motion for CEO sacking leads to police, expletives, outrage
By James Taylor
Casey council drama: Where the push came from.
Casey council drama: The toll.
Casey council drama: What the councillors said.
THERE were chaotic scenes at...
Bollywood-inspired Dandenong DJ backs festival
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS
DANDENONG'S DJ Baba has a lot to thank the Oscar-winning Bollywood film Slumdog Millionaire for.
The popularity of the cult film propelled his...
A Good feeling
LAURA, of Dandenong North, is no stranger to the Royal Children's Hospital - the beneficiary of this week's Good Friday Appeal.
Afflicted with juvenile rheumatoid...
$3.7m drugs haul
POLICE last week seized more than 1500 cannabis plants with an estimated street value of $3.7 million in a series of early morning...
Monash truckies in fast lane: It’s a big rig-marole
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS
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THERE are renewed calls to ban trucks from the right-hand-lane...
Lyndhurst tip debate turns toxic
By CATHERINE WATSON and CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS
SOUTH-East suburban MPs and a residents' group are outraged at Planning Minister Matthew Guy's "cruel" dismissal of concerns...
Nurses praise their Nightingale
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS
A RETIRED nurse who spent some of her last hours rallying for her colleagues has been remembered as inspiring.
Dandenong's Jennifer Browne, as...