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School opens
A HIGH-TECH learning facility awaited students on their first-day back at Mount Hira College, and the best is yet to come according to the school’s…
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Saints home in a thriller
SIXTH-placed St Mary’s provided the thriller of the round nine Dandenong and District Cricket Association games, getting across the line in the second last over…
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Eagles draw line under finals spot
By Paul PickeringA DRAMATIC draw was enough for the Doveton Eagles to secure the last remaining finals berth in Southern Football League Division Three competition…
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Amy puts her best foot forward
By Glen AtwellUNLIKE many of her fellow athletes, Amy Burren is walking, not running, towards international sporting success. The 11-year-old from Narre Warren Little Athletics…
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Prize exhibitor scores a historic hat-trick
By Shaun InguanzoGIGANTIC flowers, haunted cakes and floral arrangements for newborn babies were among the winners in the Dandenong Show arts and crafts displays last…
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Helping hand with poker
“THE game was no limit Texas Hold’em. The atmosphere at the Dandenong Workers Club was at fever pitch with almost 100 registrations for the Australian…
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Top hot spot
By Shaun InguanzoA DIABETES epidemic has hit Greater Dandenong with latest figures showing diagnoses of the harmful metabolic disease have skyrocketed by 87 per cent…
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Marie to stand tall as an Aussie at last
By Shaun Inguanzo MARIE Boyes may be shorter than most people, but she’s the biggest fan of the Noble Park RSL. The 55-year-old dwarf narrowly…
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Police phone scam
POLICE are urging residents to dob-in a phone scammer masquerading as a donation collector for Victoria Police. Greater Dandenong Crime Investigation Unit Detective Senior Constable…
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Light’s amber for gokart track
By Shaun InguanzoTHE light is almost green for a new gokart track in Dandenong. Council this week specially amended its planning scheme and granted a…
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Should schools stop selling unhealthy food?
Nayani Meemanage, Dandenong NO “They should be introducing extra menus for healthy food. The option should still be there.”Nicholas Tsesmetzis, Greenvale YES “It would be…
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Family service remembers children who have died
– Sarah SchwagerA CHILDREN’S Christmas Remembrance Service was held at The Necropolis, Springvale, on Sunday in what organisers described as a moving event. It was…