Open water swimmer Ashlyn Frazer is this week's Sports Star nominee.

A LAZY 12km swim is all in a day's training for open water swimmer Ashlyn Frazer. » more

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Elsternwick's street of shame

Rubbish in Ripon Grove is "disgusting", say traders and residents.

MILLION dollar houses in Elsternwick's Ripon Grove are having their nature strip turned into a rubbish dump, with rats and crows picking through the garbage left from overflowing bins. » more

Carnegie's Phill Jury doesn't see the need for phone books in the internet age. PIC: RICHARD SERONG N04CK505

Save trees, search net
A CARNEGIE man is calling for a change to the way the telephone directory is delivered. » more

Scheherazade in Acland St, St Kilda is closing after 50 years. Proprietor George Szarach ponders the closure. PIC: RICHARD SERONG N04CK303

Eatery on the run to Caulfield?
THE owner of a St Kilda cafe that has long attracted Russian migrants and Holocaust survivors is looking to move to Caulfield. » more

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Sharks snatch point
PORT Melbourne's David Jovanovski scored a second-half goal to give the locals a draw against fourth-placed Stonnington City on Saturday afternoon at Kooyong Reserve. » more

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Jordie Albiston thinks of poetry as a living and breathing art form.
Picture: MARK FRECKER N03DV306

Finding challenge in verse

JORDIE Albiston loves the mathematics of poetry. » more

N02dv402a1: Oz rock legends The Angels and the Hoodoo Gurus have booked Diamond Valley pub rockers MissAndretti as their support band. Picture: LAWRENCE PINDER N02DV402.

Proud to be pub rockers

PUB rock is loud, proud and sweaty. » more

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Strange Tales

One of the mystery road signs. For more, click on the gallery link in this article.

Langwarrin sign language

THE mystery road signs around Frankston we revealed sparked a global reaction. Read what people around the world thought about the witty installations. » more

Stolen gnomes and ornaments have taken up residence with Jan Masson at Aspendale Gardens Community Centre.

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