December 2016
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Thumbs up for manufacturing
By Casey Neill About 200 people celebrated a strong year for manufacturing in the south-east and more success to come. Peak manufacturing body South East…
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Smell of blood in final round
By Nicholas Creely Cranbourne has suffered a shock home loss to the hands of Mordialloc as the final round of Twenty20s were played in the…
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Tiers of tyres: clean up notice served
By Casey Neill The EPA has ordered a Dandenong South tyre recycler to send its stored tyres to another tyre recycler, or face fines. Clean…
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Breeding shows she’s not resting on her Laurels
Family favourite Up Hill Jill delivered her connections their biggest thrill in greyhound racing when she took out Thursday night’s $72,500 Group 2 Laurels final.…
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Coaches juggle places
By Nicholas Creely In a shock to the NPL, newly appointed Dandenong Thunder coach Giuseppe Anastasi has pulled out his agreement to head down-under, with…
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Top 10 of the first six, who’s been the best so far?
By Nicholas Creely With the half-way point of the season reached, Nick Creely has decided to have a look at the first six rounds of…
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Station upgrade for safety, comfort
The new Noble Park railway station will be safer and more comfortable for commuters, Premier Daniel Andrews announced on Thursday 15 December. He said the…
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Player looks back and forward
By Nicholas Creely Craig Slocombe is a pillar of the DDCA – arguably its greatest ever player – but the end of his career is…
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Armed and masked burglars break in
Police are appealing for help to identify armed Springvale burglars. Greater Dandenong CIU detectives are investigating the 17 November burglary at a Carnation Street home…
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Seven things to do in Greater Dandenong
Traditional nativity scene This annual display is now in its 13th year and still growing. Designer, creator and artist Wilson Fernandez has a passion to…
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Drug crime falls while simple theft offences on rise
By Casey Neill Criminals commit about five burglaries in Greater Dandenong every day, latest figures show. But Southern Metro Region Division Three Superintendent Paul Hollowood…
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Crime rise police appeal
By Casey Neill Greater Dandenong council will ask the State Government for more police. New Paperbark Ward councillor Tim Dark moved a notice of motion…












