Looking back
100 years ago
6 October 1921
Dandenong Police Court
R C Lee on Behalf of the Railways Commissioners v Joseph Hanniball
Special Checker Harris informed the Bench...
Dancing for older Australians: give it a whirl
The health benefits of dancing for seniors range from improving your physical health to creating strong social connections that increase your sense of wellbeing.
A...
Light between the cracks
Little green weeds growing through cracks in the concrete pavement are considered unsightly, a nuisance, needing to be pulled out - or even worse,...
Ken’s bus odyssey rolls on
Dandenong-based bus driver Ken Hansen has been a fixture behind the wheel for 45 years.
Ventura Bus Lines recently recognised the 67-year-old Warranwood driver’s remarkable...
Keeping ‘Pace’ with fitness
A Doveton couple are keeping pace with their daily exercise despite their walking group going into lockdown hibernation.
Pam, 84, and Gordon, 74, are part...
Footy in all clubs and flavours
Football fever has captured Dandenong Market traders on the eve of the AFL Grand Final.
Western Bulldogs fan Dennis Schwarze from Schwarze Seafood was lucky...
Prepare for difficulties’ end
“With every difficulty there is also an ease; Come on, don't give up hope!” (Mawlana Jalal-al-Din Rumi)
As always, we are going through difficult...
A world of kids’ art classes
A free school-holiday program ‘Home Away From Home’ is bringing art classes from around the globe onto home screens.
Bukjeh, which is a worldwide collaboration...
Persevere in tough times
Philosophers, theologians, psychologists, medical experts, sociologists, and all those interested and involved in human flourishing have all examined the idea of hope.
People from...
Fun festival goes virtual
The 10th annual Greater Dandenong Children’s Festival goes online for two weeks from 18 September.
Under the theme of Little World Explorers, families can explore...
Playgrounds offer kids’ relief
Small bitter-sweet relief has been offered to locked-down Melburnians as active cases steeply rose by more than 200 a day.
Star News photographer STEWART CHAMBERS...
Remembering wrongs burden the mind
There is nothing so disobedient as an undisciplined mind, and there is nothing so obedient as a disciplined mind.
A disobedient mind may open...
Latest
Read all about it – schools gain book bonanza
Hundreds of donated books are filling school library shelves, thanks to an annual charity fundraiser.
Noble-Park Dingley and Springvale City rotary clubs raised $4400...
