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Spring into new year
MEMBERS of Greater Dandenong’s Afghan community brought in their new year in Dandenong last Sunday. Afghan Australia Association of Victoria held the Nawroz Festival at…
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Dinner stars
A DINNER with a difference raised more than $35,000 to help adults with disabilities in Dandenong and beyond. Wallara CEO Phil Hayes-Brown said Dinner Under…
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Market chairwoman sets out her stall
DANDENONG Market has shared the secrets to its success with market bosses from around the world. Market chairwoman Julie Busch was invited to speak on…
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Library comes to life
CAKE, balloons, storytelling and magic marked Dandenong Library’s first birthday on Saturday 21 March. The library was a hive of activity as bookworms young and…
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Service welcomes legal funding backflip
COMMUNITY legal centres in Greater Dandenong are celebrating a stunning reversal of hefty funding cuts by the Federal Government last Thursday. Springvale-Monash Legal Service and…
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Disabled letter scam handicapped by poor abilities
By ANEEKA SIMONIS A POORLY scripted scam targeting disabled drivers did not fool a Berwick woman who found a letter in her mailbox earlier this…
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Charges after break-ins
POLICE have charged a Noble Park man over a series of commercial burglaries in Greater Dandenong in recent months. They allege Dylan Cragg, 34, stole…
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Plan gets bad prognosis
A PROPOSED Noble Park medical centre has been rejected by Greater Dandenong Council due to parking shortage concerns. Plans for the centre, which propose five…
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Burglar sent fleeing
AN ELDERLY woman scared off a burglar while he was ransacking her Keysborough home. Greater Dandenong CIU Detective Senior Constable Mark Higgins said a man…
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Vital park’s future open to doubt
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS CENTRAL Dandenong’s social soccer hub Pop-Up Park has an uncertain future despite its heady popularity with young people. The park’s artificial soccer…
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Fund raiser’s top day
By CASEY NEILL A HAIR-RAISING Dandenong event raised more than $3000 for the Leukaemia Foundation. Colin Gibbons shed his locks for the World’s Greatest Shave…
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Victims turned away
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS FAMILY violence victims and other vulnerable clients are being turned away from budget-savaged community legal centres in Greater Dandenong. Springvale-Monash Legal Service…
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