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Taiga on the tail of swimming star
MEET Taiga Yoshida, the 14-year-old swimmer following in the wake of Olympic champion Kyle Chalmers with blistering times in the 50m and 100m freestyle.
Calls for PSOs to patrol trains
PROTECTIVE Service Officers should ride trains and not just patrol station platforms to help combat crime, the Public Transport Users Association says.
Bid to get war museum reopened
A FUNDRAISING campaign has started to help reopen a military museum in Melbourne’s southeast which was forced to shut down.
Club plane angry over vandal attacks
A HOBBY plane club in Melbourne’s southeast is fed up with being targeted by “thugs” and “idiots” vandalising its property, saying it’s affecting morale.
Animal lover campaigns at zoo
A YOUNG girl is pleading with Melbourne Zoo to stop selling ice creams containing palm oil because of the effect on orang-utans, and her campaign is generating plenty of support.
Race on for heritage restaurant lease
EXPERIENCED restaurateurs can now apply to lease the historic Stamford Park Homestead in Melbourne’s outer east, set on a $17 million estate.
School gets go-ahead for girls-only places
A CO-ED school in Melbourne’s southeast has won the right to advertise girls-only places and scholarships as it attempts to even its gender balance.
‘War zone’ residents pursue legal action
PEOPLE living in a street dubbed Melbourne’s worst have called in a lawyer to try to evict a public housing tenant they say is dealing drugs and making their lives hell.
Mystery machete man attacks trees
AN “aggressive” axe-wielding vandal has hacked down more than 60 trees in Melbourne’s southeast in a strange spate of vandalism spanning three months.
Home with history U-boat commander’s Croydon house for sale
AN INTERWAR HOME in Melbourne’s east once owned by a German U-boat commander is for sale.
Open Sesame Buyers find their way to Sesame St
A SESAME St, Mt Waverley, townhouse has sold for $960,000. But the buyers were more interested in build quality than being down the road from Big Bird.
Huge results Beachfront townhouse sold for $2.1 million
AN AUCTION clearance rate of 88 per cent in the Mordialloc-Chelsea region that included benchmark sales has emerged as it rained bids.
Surprising sales Hot prices on cold auction day
RECENT auctions to Melbourne’s north are surprising even real estate agents, with homes sold well above reserves despite cold weather conditions.
Cricket Webb’s superb century
LES Webb has celebrated one of the finest centuries Wantirna South Cricket Club has seen.
GDCA Appeal result handed down
THE controversial B Grade draw between Ashfield and Bacchus Marsh will stand after the Gisborne and District Cricket Association’s pennant committee upheld the result.
Win a visit to Santa’s Magical Kingdom
SANTA’s Magical Kingdom is on at Caulfield Racecourse from November 18 to December 23. Leader families can win passes to this enchanting interactive Christmas experience.
Win a Ballarat getaway and view the Archies
THE Art Gallery of Ballarat is the exclusive Victorian venue for the touring exhibition of the 2016 Archibald Prize. Leader has two major Ballarat getaway prizes plus runner-up Exhibition passes to give away.
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