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College captains Paul Sulamain and Hiyab Asmelash in the chapel. Both have been at the college since early primary school.

Religion and table tennis made this school one of the state’s most improved

St Mary’s was the first Coptic Orthodox school outside Egypt when it opened, but the principal says religion is just one element contributing to her school’s success.

  • Bridie Smith

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Stephen Fleming has pleaded guilty to killing a 67-year-old English teacher last year.

Man admits he killed teacher found in a wheelie bin

Stephen Fleming has admitted to killing a 67-year-old English teacher at Coolaroo in Melbourne’s north last year.

  • Tara Cosoleto
The ottoman breakfast with menemen.

You’re unlikely to stumble upon this outer suburban Turkish diner, but it’s a true find

One Stop Kebab and Cafe has it all: tea and eggs, tradie kebabs and gozleme, and rice pudding and sturdy coffee late into the evening.

  • Dani Valent
Huge stockpiles of rubbish went up in flames at SKM Recycling plant in Coolaroo in July 2017.

‘Like Armageddon’: Impact of toxic SKM rubbish blaze laid bare

Those who lived and worked near the massive 2017 fire at the recycling facility in Melbourne’s north told a court how it had left their lungs burning and the ground covered in smouldering ash.

  • Sarah Danckert
Forensic officers.

Murder probe launched after woman’s body found at Melbourne tip

Police believe the woman’s remains were inside a bin that was picked up outside a property in Coolaroo on Tuesday and taken to Epping.

  • Lachlan Abbott
Ibrahim El-Sayah was shot in the leg in Coolaroo on February 10.

Organised crime groups behind string of shootings in Melbourne’s north

Thomastown and Coolaroo have been rocked this year by three separate shootings, which investigators believe are targeted attacks between groups.

  • Marta Pascual Juanola
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Glass recycling plant GRS in Coolaroo has been ordered not to accept more combustible waste after two fires broke out.

Melbourne glass recycling plant barred over fire threat

Another major Melbourne recycling plant has been banned from taking more combustible waste after the environmental watchdog deemed its stockpiles a fire hazard.

  • Adam Carey
A wall of recycling material, photographed inside one of SKM's western Melbourne facilities the day before it was shut down by the EPA.

'Disrespectful' SKM Recycling fined $16,000 for dangerous stockpiles

SKM Recycling has been fined $16,000 for having unsafe stockpiles of combustible waste, weeks after the environmental watchdog shut some of its warehouses down.

  • Adam Carey and Benjamin Preiss

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