2020
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Knitted in isolation
Nests of woolly chooks have brought smiles to the faces of Dandenong Hospital nurses. A Dandenong craft group Crafty Connections knitted the clucky Easter hampers…
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‘Call-and-collect’ comes to Market
A call-and-collect service will be introduced at Dandenong Market in response to coronavirus concerns. A trial of the service starts on Friday 1 May, enabling…
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Sports clubs can stay: council
Greater Dandenong Council has moved to hose down Turner Reserve clubs’ fury after dumping the venue’s masterplan. In a statement, it assured tenant clubs that…
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Turner Reserve clubs vent fury
Furious sports clubs say they have been “ambushed” by Greater Dandenong Council’s decision to abandon a major upgrade and investigate the clubs’ removal from Wal…
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Star student spirals into jail
A former apprentice-of-the-year rapidly graduated into a “higher echelon” of drug traffickers, a Victorian County Court judge has observed. Jacob Bentley, 28, of Dandenong, was…
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Springvale cyclist wanted for arrest
A man has been wanted for arrest since allegedly skipping Dandenong Magistrates’ Court in February. An arrest warrant was issued for the 23-year-old, who is…
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‘Bleak’ years until economic recovery
Victoria’s economy is tumbling into “bleak” and “catastrophic” times due to the coronavirus pandemic, the State Treasurer Tim Pallas has warned. According to government modelling,…
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Cyclist critical in Dandenong hit-run
A cyclist has been critically injured in an alleged hit-run crash in central Dandenong on Tuesday 21 April. The 46-year-old Dandenong North man was struck…
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Cyclist seriously injured in Dandenong
A cyclist has suffered serious injuries in central Dandenong on Tuesday 21 April. Paramedics were called to the incident in Lonsdale Street’s northbound lanes near…
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Fireball Friday’s fairytale Sandown victory
Fireball Friday returned to the metropolitan winners’ list at Sandown Park on Thursday night, capping a remarkable return to racing. The win was his first…
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Sport won’t be the same again
Sporting clubs right across the nation need to be prepared for what’s coming. As the world continues to come to grips with the magnitude of…
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Covid-19: family-violence targeted
Victoria Police have arrested nearly 44 known family-violence offenders in a week as part of a Covid-19 pandemic operation. Operation Ribbon started mid last week…