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Cool room money to save delays
NEW cool rooms at Dandenong market will be in place sooner rather than later, following a council decision to increase the value of the contract…
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Bakers want your dough
DANDENONG bakers are calling for customers to make their hot cross buns really count this Easter by raising valuable dough for the Royal Children’s Hospital…
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Mayor Yesil set for pay
By Melissa MeehanMAYOR Pinar Yesil has threatened to block councillor pay increases if any aspects of her plans to improve councillors’ performance standards are eliminated.…
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Doctors draw line in sand
By Melissa Meehan Doctors have moved to ensure the murder of one of their colleagues can never be repeated. Dr Khulod Maroof-Hassan was killed in…
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Armed robbery
POLICE are investigating an armed robbery that occurred on Heatherton Road in Springvale at about 11.30pm Tuesday night. A 48-year-old Carnegie man was unloading groceries…
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RSL bailout
By Melissa MeehanDANDENONG RSL sub-branch has upheld the RSL tradition by quashing struggling Cranbourne sub-branch’s debt of $1.3 million. The decision follows the amalgamation of…
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Weekend fire damages house
Firefighers believe a cigarette butt on a couch started the blaze. By Melissa MeehanA NOBLE Park man was woken by his smoke detector on Sunday…
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Creek act cleaned up
DANDENONG North resident Anna Finikiotou is breathing a sigh of relief. Last month she contacted Star about the state of Dandenong Creek near Hammond Road,…
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Festival for fire
POLICE in partnership with Te Waka One Ocean invite the community to a free cultural event to acknowledge the Gippsland bushfire victims. The young people…
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Vinnies open 100th store
ST VINCENT de Paul Victoria will open its 100th Vinnies Centre on Wednesday 1 April, at 119-123 Lonsdale Street, Dandenong. Opening celebrations will kick off…
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Art captures sea change
WALKER Street Gallery Dandenong will showcase the artwork of Stephan May in his upcoming exhibition The Seas Of Western Port. Mr May moved to French…
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Police reunite mother and child
POLICE have reunited mother and child after a toddler was found wandering in Clayton. A motorist found the boy at Clayton Road and Carinish Road…