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Bar Di Stasio and Cafe Di Stasio were both groundbreaking for Melbourne.

One of Melbourne’s pioneering Italian restaurants is up for sale

The restaurant that set the standard for Italian finesse in Melbourne, Cafe Di Stasio, is being sold by its founders after nearly 40 years.

  • Ardyn Bernoth

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Katrina Walker (right) parent and school council president at South Melbourne Park Primary School, pictured here with school parents Michael Grech and Lou Pedersen.

The ‘moral dilemma’ at school gates as essential items rely on parents paying voluntary fees

Parents of students in Victorian state schools are asked to contribute $620 on average to cover basic items such as first aid supplies, but in some schools only 30 per cent are paying.

  • Jackson Graham
The fire at Stokehouse in 2014.

The quiet Millennial who inherited Stokehouse and is preparing for its next chapter

After surviving a family split and devastating fire, Stokehouse has marked Melburnians’ special occasions for more than 35 years. Now, a new generation is taking the lead.

  • Annika Smethurst
Thai charcoal chicken, chips and salad.

Yang Thai

For southern Thai-inspired charcoal chicken.

  • Dani Valent
Jellis Craig Port Phillip auctioneer Michael Hingston worked hard to get the bidding going in St Kilda’s Havelock Street.

Bayside art deco house passes in at $1,585,000

Two bidders fought for the keys to a fully renovated art deco home, taking the bidding to almost $1.6m, only to see the property passed in.

  • Caroline Zielinski
Someone broke into a house listed for sale in Seaholme and stayed there, damaging the property with graffiti.

Houses listed for sale without signs after homeless break-ins

In bayside suburbs some homes are being listed without a “for sale” sign outside, or a sign without photographs, because of a spate of break-ins. 

  • Cara Waters
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Getting a revamp. The Prince of Wales Hotel in St Kilda.

Popular Prince gets a multimillion-dollar makeover after $28m sale to Godfreys’ vacuum heir

St Kilda’s Prince of Wales Hotel is getting a major revamp – new rooftop bar and updated bandroom – from its leaseholder Australian Venue Co.

  • Nicole Lindsay
A teen was attacked and run over by his own car in St Kilda last night.

‘Like rabid dogs’: Teen slashed with meat cleaver, mown down in brutal St Kilda attack

It was an attack so brutal that one seasoned police officer said the offenders had no humanity. Their behaviour, he said, reminded him of rabid dogs.

  • Angus Delaney
Police were called to vicinity of St Kilda Pier about 1pm on 18 December after reports a man had been assaulted by at least two other males. There were a number of bystanders in the area watching the alleged assault. The offenders left before police arrival. The investigation into the incident is ongoing. Via Nine News.

Teen charged with assault after tourist’s arm broken at St Kilda Pier

A 19-year-old has been charged over his alleged role in the attack on a European tourist at the busy Melbourne beach.

  • Angus Delaney
The man surrounded by his alleged attackers at St Kilda pier.

Search for attackers who broke tourist’s arm at St Kilda Pier

A 34-year-old Norwegian man has fled Australia after a group of youths broke his arm and flung his phone into the water off St Kilda Pier last week.  

  • Angus Delaney