Last years winners of the Danenong Retail Traders’ Association Retail Excellence Awards. DANDENONG’s best retailer for 2008 will be announced at the Dandenong Retail Traders’…

Dr Peter Briggs, Head of Medical Oncology at Southern Health, says chemotherapy is almost on its deathbed, thanks to advances in cancer treatment. By Shaun…

By Stuart TeatherSANDOWN Racecourse has become the base for a foreign attack on Australia’s most famous race. A legion of foreign horses has found its…

By Paul PickeringAUSTRALIA’S best-preserved footballers will pull on the boots again in Keysborough next weekend for a crack at Ireland’s finest in the international rules…

By Stuart TeatherTHE first round of the Dandenong District Cricket Association’s two-day games began in style on Saturday, with the batsmen dominating in most of…

WORKSAFE Victoria will begin a state-wide inspection campaign targeting sprains and strains next month. WorkSafe said it would issue improvement and prohibition notices where safety…

By Shaun InguanzoA FORMER Labor councillor has become a Liberal member and says it is likely he will have running mates at November’s Greater Dandenong…

By Shaun InguanzoGREATER Dandenong mayor and councillor of 15 years John Kelly will run for re-election in November. The Dandenong plumber was previously undecided whether…

Monash University’s senior lecturer in politics, Dr Nick Economou, this week told Star that cities that are Labor or Liberal strongholds are contested by party…

Police arrested a 43-year-old Keysborough man and 16-year-old Keysborough boy after investigating a stabbing at Parkmore Shopping Centre on 17 October at 4pm. Police said…

A DANDENONG engineering trainer is the Australian Mechanical Trade Teacher of the Year. The Institute for Trade Skills Excellence’s (ITSE) last week named Leigh Harris…

By Shaun InguanzoThe 66-year-old will next week retire after nearly 30 years at the Southvale shop in Springvale South, in which he has snipped his…