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Waterlions rise to the challenge
By Marc McGowanTHE Haileybury Waterlions confirmed themselves as one of the country’s top swimming clubs with a stellar showing at last week’s Australian Age Championships…
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Hoons trash sports oval
By Kelly YatesHOONS tearing up an Endeavour Hills school oval are leaving behind condoms, cigarette packets, beer bottles and bongs. Wayne Gorsuch told the Star…
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Social houses
UP TO 18 new social housing dwellings will be built in the Bruce electorate under the Australian Government’s Nation Building Economic Stimulus Plan. Springvale, Noble…
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Sleeping pills wake-up call
By Melissa MeehanSLEEPING pills are being blamed for side effects as severe as heroin and other street drugs. Drug rehabilitation groups have warned that the…
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Easternats are a
Above: The Easternats bring car enthusiasts from all corners of the country, like Benny and Beau Smith, from Adelaide. – Bridget CookMORE than 30,000 people…
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Train maker lodges bid
By Melissa MeehanTHEConnex consortium, which includes Dandenong train builder Bombardier, has lodged its bid to continue operating the Melbourne metropolitan train network. Bombardier, based in…
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11 burglaries, man charged
POLICE have charged a 34-year-old Mulgrave man with 11 counts of burglary committed in the Dandenong area. Detective Senior Constable Tommy Pietrosanto said that the…
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Top cop wants youth focus
By Bridget CookSENIOR Sergeant Haydn Downes, the new top cop at Springvale police station, says youth issues will be among his top priorities. “We want…
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Springvale rallies
By Stuart TeatherSPRINGVALE North Tennis Club did itself no favours by starring in its debut season in Pennant Grade One last year, finishing second and…
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Anzac Day service early
ANZAC Day will be celebrated one week early in Noble Park. An Anzac Day commemoration march and service will be held on Sunday 19 April.…
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New traffic link opens
DRIVERS can enjoy safer and easier trips along Thompson Road at Bangholme with the first lanes of the $30 million upgrade now carrying traffic. Member…
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Zero toll a good result – police
By Melissa MeehanThat’s what police have called the Easter break that resulted in no fatalities on Greater Dandenong roads. Region 5 Traffic Inspector Mick Sayer…