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Worry on contaminated site

03 Nov 09 | A CONTAMINATED site in Ardeer was used as public open space for years, despite an environment consultant warning in 1999 that it was not safe to be used as a park.

This is no way to live

03 Nov 09 | SO there's a rental squeeze in Brimbank? For $175 a week a single person can rent a place to sleep in one of the many unregistered rooming houses. | Rooming house horrors

They've been framed: Love of horses hits the wall

03 Nov 09 | MOST of us will be glued to the television watching today's Melbourne Cup, but North Sunshine's Don Elliott has a passion for horses all year around.

Panel of three to govern Scales prepares to hand over

West 'needs help'

Integration vital for new suburb

Building a strong future

'Lifestyle' aim for shops

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05 Nov 09 | Photos of the week

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SPORT

Thrills as Sunshine wows 'em

03 Nov 09 | IT was history in the making as Sunshine outplayed Werribee in the first round of the Victorian Sub-District Cricket Association's inaugural Twenty20 competition.

Orthodox spell out of the box

03 Nov 09 | CAPTAIN-coach Shamus Robertson is determined to lead by example as Sunshine United shoot for the finals in the Victorian Turf Cricket Association's North Division this summer.

Shooting for national side

Johnno pays out for team

Crows yet to face a ball as rain does it again

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School leader talks her way to award

MARIAN College student Elizabeth Vella can certainly talk the talk.

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Twelve dead in Texas military base shootings

06 Nov 09 | The gunman who killed 12 people at a Texas military base is still alive and in hospital after undergoing surgery for his wounds, the base commander says.

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