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Safe haven for sole survivor of sheep truck tragedy
Sue Hewitt meets a woman on a mission to change the way we think about livestock. IN a heartbeat, the truck loses control, metal screeching…
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Keep a lid on $2.5m of litter
WHITTLESEA ratepayers are being hit by a $2.5 million bill to collect roadside litter. Council workers have to pick up wrappers, cigarette butts, packets and…
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Course U turn puts uni in tune
THE secret life of plants will be revealed in the latest iTunes U course offered through La Trobe University’s Bundoora campus. The university is the…
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Morris giving South Morang students the write stuff
MORRIS Gleitzman, one of Australia’s funniest and best-loved children’s authors, dropped in at Marymede Catholic College in South Morang to inspire budding authors including Amilia,…
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Stuck in the slow lane of technology’s super highway
THOUSANDS of residents in some of Whittlesea’s fastest growing suburbs face an indefinite wait for broadband internet. Although residents in parts of South Morang were…
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Elite soccer squad headed for glory
NINE north suburban teenagers hope to follow in the footsteps of an Epping boy who has signed with Italian soccer powerhouse Inter Milan. They will…
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Festival shock for dead man’s mum
THE Epping mother of a man who died at a festival is reeling after getting an email from organisers inviting her to the next event.…
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Laurimar market win a pearler
THE newly formed Doreen Country Women’s Association has won its battle to hold a monthly market at Hilltop Park in Laurimar. The first market was…
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$1m to keep families at home, free of violence
MORE than $1 million will be spent to protect women and children in Whittlesea from family violence and homelessness. The project aims to prevent problems…
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Chinese Moon Festival unites
ANN Lo, Albert Yew and Jessie Chan are busy preparing for the Chinese Moon Festival in Whittlesea. Mr Yew, of the Whittlesea Chinese Association, said…
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Woman assaulted in Westfield car park
Police have appealed for witnesses to an alleged sexual assault at the Westfield Plenty Valley shopping centre earlier this month. A 19-year-old Whittlesea woman went…
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Man crushed by vehicle
A YOUNG man died in Epping today while repairing a heavy vehicle in Cooper Street, police said. Police said the man, 21, of St Albans,…
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