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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 Olinda...

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...

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...

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 one...

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 find...

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...

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...

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 Donner...

Siege ends peacefully

By MELISSA MEEHAN UPDATE:  A 48 year old Lilydale man has been remanded in custody, to face court at a later date after a siege...

Mac attack

By REBECCA BILLS OUR 2013 Issue of the Year is.... The Tecoma 8 and McDonalds Debate. The reason> it's made headlines weekly in our paper, nationally...

Lucky to be alive

By MELISSA MEEHAN Cyclist sent flying over bonnet in U-turn hit-run smash... NEEDING more than 30 stitches to mend a gaping hole left in his leg...

Neknominate danger

A 21-year-old man has been interviewed following the latest craze of ‘Neck Nomination’ in Eltham on Monday. Police received a video link via Crimestoppers which...

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Council calls for $100 million owed to hills

Cardinia Shire Council remains committed to sealing roads through the hills with Mayor Kowarzik saying the Federal Government should “finish” what was started. Last week...