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Live and learn
KEYSBOROUGH Learning Centre is taking bookings for term three courses. Courses include introduction to computers, Word, Excel, as well as MYOB accounts and medical reception.…
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Award is money in the bank
Westpac head of Commercial Banking in Dandenong, Andrew James, with commercial banking relationship manager Wimal Mallawarachchy, senior relationship manager Neil Moles, and relationship manager Neil…
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Council’s enlightened idea to save power
GREATER Dandenong Council is working on a sustainable lighting plan in order to cut greenhouse emissions while also saving dollars. The city has already slashed…
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Disaster relief a touchy subject
By Shaun InguanzoGREATER Dandenong council will not donate money to emergency aid efforts in China and Burma. Springvale Central Ward councillor Youhorn Chea had put…
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New venue for DRTA group
THE Dandenong Retail Traders’ Association (DRTA) has a new home for its general meetings. As of 1 July, the DRTA will meet at The Ramada…
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Market forces
By Shaun InguanzoGREATER Dandenong residents are one step closer to a new and improved Dandenong Market after the council this week approved stage two works.…
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Firefighters cut driver free after head-on smash
By Shaun Inguanzo DANDENONG and Springvale firefighters worked delicately to extract a driver trapped in his vehicle and thought to have spinal injuries after a…
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Rivalry! That’s gun upshot
By Shaun Inguanzo GREATER Dandenong’s top cop has compared the police force’s revolver or semi-automatic handgun debate to the Holden and Ford car rivalry. Region…
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Diversity worth celebrating
A SERIES of activities celebrating cultural diversity will be held in Greater Dandenong next week. The activities will coincide with World Refugee Week and will…
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Hotfoot it along new road
RESIDENTS will be able to cycle, walk or run the EastLink tollway two weeks before it opens to traffic. ConnectEast, the tollway’s operator, has released…
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Roadworks will improve safety
By Shaun InguanzoABBOTTS Road in Dandenong South will be widened to include a westbound lane south of the current road. The $423,000 project is the…
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From Dandenong to bishop, she’s still a Darling
By Shaun InguanzoDANDENONG Anglican minister Barbara Darling became Victoria’s first woman bishop last weekend. Bishop Darling was consecrated on Saturday 31 May at St Paul’s…