Grenade found on Griffith's main street and other top stories.

• Grenade found on Griffith's main street

  

  NSW: The Bomb Squad has removed live grenade a woman nearly ran over in a Griffith street. Live grenade removed from Griffith’s main street exitNSW Police Bomb Squad has removed live grenade a woman nearly ran over in a Griffith street on Thursday morning.The main street was a no-go zone for more than six hours while emergency service personnel waiting for the specialists to arrive.EARLIER: Emergency services are dealing with a live grenade a woman nearly ra..

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• Acid spill on the Calder Freeway

  

  UPDATE: Calder Freeway lanes reopened. CFA on the scene of an acid spill near Gisborne. Picture: GISBORNE CFAUPDATE 4.20pm: Northbound lanes of the Calder Freeway have reopened following a tanker spill near Mt Macedon Road. The lanes reopened at 3.30pm. VicRoads thanked motorists for their patience and understanding while the lanes were closed. UPDATE 10.30am: CFA declared the small chemical spill under control. Firefighters transferred a chemical from what was a leaking tanker to..

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• Braves legend DJ Johnson to return

  

  The man many say put Bendigo basketball on the map is set to return for a championship reunion. RELATED:The Braves 1988 championship team, including DJ Johnson.NEARLY 20 years after he scored the last of his 4491 points for the Bendigo Braves, crowd favourite David 'DJ' Johnson is making a return to Bendigo Stadium.Johnson, a scoring-machine with the Braves from 1987-90, will be the special guest host of a past players function honouring the club's 1988 championship team on July 3..

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• Festival set to explore another year

  

  Exploratory sounds of music will echo out across Bendigo in September when BIFEM returns. LAUNCH: Bendigo International Festival of Exploratory Music director David Chisholm is pleased with the program for this year's festival. Picture: CHRIS PEDLERExploratory sounds of music will echo out across Bendigo in September.More than 120 performers will be a part of the Bendigo International Festival of Exploratory Music when it returns to the city from September 2 to 4.This year will be..

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• Students get into cafe trade

  

  These business owners haven't graduated high school. But they are making a tidy profit. Students get into cafe trade HARD WORK: Molly McDonald, Chloe Butcher and Allie Henshaw are three of the students who invested in, and now run, a cafe at their school. Picture: TOM O'CALLAGHANGUESSING GAME: Molly McDonald, Chloe Butcher and Allie Henshaw's ponder a new larketing idea: a coffee bean counting competition. Picture: TOM O'CALLAGHANexitMany people want to open..

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