Reach for star solution
STAR gazing disease, or Polioencephalomalacia, is a disease which is caused by a deficiency in thiamine.
Polioencephalomalacia, not to be confused with the human virus...
Rail commuter chaos
COMMUTERS on the Pakenham rail line face major delays this evening after a crash in Dandenong.
Services between Dandenong and Berwick have been suspended following...
10 things that inspire me… What – or who – inspires you?
Star News Group editor Garry Howe shares 10 things - or people - that inspire him. Tell us what - or who - inspires...
Ex-teacher appeals upskirt charges
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
A FORMER Berwick teacher who used a camera disguised as a pen to film up the skirts of female students over a...
Stolen credit card shopping
THE theft of a car, wallet and credit cards are being investigated by police after purchases were made in Pakenham on Wednesday 17 June.
The...
Emergency crews rush to free man in Bunyip crash
UPDATE 3.30pm
TWO men have been hospitalised after the van they were travelling in hit a tree in Bunyip.
The van veered off the gravel Main Drain...
Monash Freeway closed this weekend
VICROADS is advising motorists to plan ahead and avoid a major overnight closure on the M1 Monash Freeway this Saturday, 20 June.
The Monash Freeway...
Grounds for concern in Garfield turf attack
By RUSSELL BENNETT
BUNYIP police are still investigating the bizarre vandalism of Garfield’s Beswick Street football ground last week.
Sergeant Ray de Reus told...
Firefighters fulfil boy’s dreams
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
A SPECIAL little Pakenham boy who has been in and out of hospital since he was only a few weeks old received...
Modest, but solid foundation
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
DOZENS of young students captured in photographs almost a century ago helped lay the foundations of Beaconsfield Primary School which celebrated a...
Man’s best friend is ewe’s enemy
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
A PREGNANT ewe was among the sheep killed in a vicious attack at a Nar Nar Goon North farm last week, prompting...
Elderly earnings lagging behind state
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
ELDERLY residents living in Cardinia Shire earn around 33 per cent less than the rest of the state per week, according to...
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Fund flip blindsides club
A last-minute backflip by Cardinia Council has left Kooweerup Netball Club ‘blindsided’ after funding for ‘top priority’ works to resurface their courts had been...
