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Novelist hopes to give budding authors a boost
ARCHIMEDE Fusillo’s short stories and novels have garnered plenty of recognition. Now the popular wordsmith will be returning the favour as the judge of Write…
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Life changer for Sudan refugee
A LOVE of children translates across continents, but sometimes that is not enough for people such as Epping woman Howid Madir. The mother of five…
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Dick Smith stores to close in north
TWO Dick Smith stores in the northern suburbs are closing as part of a rationalisation of the electronics chain. The Epping Plaza and Westfield Plenty…
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Ivanhoe Grammar School vows to protect wildlife in sell-off plan
Ivanhoe Grammar School officials have promised to work with authorities to protect wildlife and solve traffic issues involving its plan to sell part of its…
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Cooking up support for single blokes
THE blokes at the Whittlesea Men’s Shed, including chef Eduard Roks (pictured with Shed colleagues) are swapping their tools for pots and pans as they…
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Whittlesea Country Music Festival faces shake-up to survive
THE embattled Whittlesea Country Music Festival may be singing a different tune as organisers struggle to make it turn a profit. The event has suffered…
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Whittlesea crimes drop by a third
THE number of burglaries, thefts from cars and theft of vehicles has fallen in Whittlesea after several arrests. Inspector Bob Dykstra said there had been…
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House prices fall in Whittlesea
HOUSE prices have dipped in parts of the City of Whittlesea but the fall has been less than the metropolitan average. The hardest-hit northern suburbs…
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Education: Year 9 can be a twilight zone
AS children begin what can often be a bumpy transition into adolescence, the strain begins to show at home as well as in the classroom.…
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TV: Episodes
WHAT’S an actor to do when they can’t shake a role they’ve been associated with for decades? If you’re Julia Louis-Dreyfus (Seinfeld’s Elaine), you win…
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Film review: Hysteria
HYSTERIA (R) Where: On general release from July 12 VICTORIAN London was a stuffy old place smothered by strict social propriety, a rigid class system…
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Bacchus Marsh library demolition starts
DEMOLITION crews have today begun tearing down the building to the old Bacchus Marsh library. In what came as a shock to some residents, demolition…









