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Cardinia’s local heroes
Cardinia Shire mayor Graeme Moore announced the winners of the 2014 Australia Day Awards on Sunday 26 January at the Cardinia Cultural Centre in Pakenham.…
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Safer tag for reserve
By MELISSA MEEHAN AFTER much anticipation, Emerald’s Worrell Reserve is now officially a Neighbourhood Safer Place – Place of Last Resort (NSP-PLR). Worrell Reserve —…
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Car wash for CFA cash
By REBECCA BILLS MOUNT Evelyn Fast Fuel service station and the Mount Evelyn Fire Brigade are partnering again for the annual CFA carwash fundraiser. In…
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Hop on board for Billy’s bash
TOES will be tapping as visitors climb aboard Puffing Billy’s all new Rocka’Billy Country Train. In a night of fine wine, food and live musical…
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Rubber stamp for ‘top-up’ service
By REBECCA BILLS MYKI is now available in Mount Evelyn after a year-long battle to secure the Mount Evelyn Post Office as a licensed Myki…
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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…