Journal
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Player ‘pitch’ pays off
Glen AtwellAFTER struggling to field enough players to fill its four competition sides last year, Dandenong and District Cricket Association (DDCA) club St Mary’s decided…
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Boycott after Van hanging
By Shaun InguanzoA GREATER Dandenong councillor said she would never again fly with Singapore Airlines or buy Singaporean products following the “barbaric” execution of convicted…
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Sandown loses endurance race
By Paul Pickering and Shaun InguanzoTHE iconic Sandown 500 motor race is dead after V8 Supercar organisers last week announced they would move the endurance…
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Receivers ‘just buying time’
BUYERS of stolen property, beware. Picking up a cheap Christmas deal that is too good to be true may land buyers in the slammer, or…
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Students risk losing fees as class closes
DANDENONG students were shocked to find their classes had ended before the school year started after a computer-training college plummeted into voluntary administration and took…
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Scorpions miss finals chance
By Cam Scott ONE poor quarter of football has ended the Scorpions’ chances of featuring in this year’s VFL finals. In a must-win game against…
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Pizza attack ‘unprovoked’
By Sarah SchwagerA MAN was assaulted while sitting in a Dandenong restaurant last week in what has been described by police as an unprovoked attack.…
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Witnesses sought to stabbing
Shaun InguanzoONE man was rushed to hospital with a fractured skull and three others were left wounded following a hotel stabbing in Dandenong on Monday.…
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Cultural event to instil pride
A COMMMUNITY event celebrating and encouraging pride in Aboriginal culture will be held at Myuna Farm later this month as part of Children’s Week. The…
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Man killed at hire yard
By Glen AtwellA DEVON Meadows man was killed in a workplace accident at Coates Hire in Dandenong South on Friday. Colin Todd, 44, was loading…
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Red gums revived for artwork
THE REMAINS of once-majestic River Red Gum trees will be transformed into artworks. The City of Greater Dandenong council said as many as 18 River…
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Banned boa brings fine
A 30-year-old Keysborough man was fined $1000 and placed on a 12-month good behaviour bond over the illegal possession of boa constrictor. Dirk Elwyn Ludowyk…