News
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Pooch patrol
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS A DEVASTATED Noble Park couple have been vainly searching the streets for their apparently stolen dog Sophia. John and Lavinia Vaccarino have…
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Players ready to rule
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS FOOTY franks served in dosa bread or a serviette laden with samosas – both would be a culinary leap for most footy…
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Library on a Punjabi push
NEW Punjabi books, DVDs and magazines are on Springvale Library shelves. City of Greater Dandenong Mayor Sean O’Reilly launched the collection on Saturday 21 February,…
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Priests’ historic service
By NARELLE COULTER THE St James’ Anglican Church community is in mourning after the death this month of two former priests. Bishop Barbara Darling, who…
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Crisis clinic set to grow
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS MONASH Health’s psychology director Dr Melissa Carey saw a problem with mental health services and conjured an award-winning solution. Her community-based clinic…
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Break-in pair hit factories
POLICE have released images of a man and a woman wanted for questioning over burglaries at two Dandenong South factories this month. The pair are…
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Gang surrounds and robs victim
POLICE are searching for a group of men who allegedly surrounded and robbed a man in Dandenong. Greater Dandenong CIU Detective Senior Constable Tony Lavars…
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Career of body building still fun for Laurie
By CASEY NEILL LAURIE ‘Macca’ McCoy started his apprenticeship with Norden Body Works in Dandenong at age 15. He’s still there 40 years later and…
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Cook-up call for quality
By CASEY NEILL SPRINGVALE caterer Glenn Coleman has cooked for Madonna, learnt from Michelin Star chefs – and turned down Jamie Oliver. The 31-year-old counts…
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High appeal
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS SPRINGVALE traders are being encouraged to move their cars from overcrowded on-street parking spaces to the under-utilised upper decks of Number 8…
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Crime capture camera call
By CASEY NEILL RESIDENTS and shopkeepers who are worried about crime in their Dandenong street are lobbying the council for cameras and lighting. City of…
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Coupe caught in disappearing Skyline
A DOVETON teen drag raced through Noble Park at 50 kilometres over the speed limit, according to police. Greater Dandenong Highway Patrol officers allegedly saw…