News
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Gather ’round
By LACHLAN MOORHEAD ABORIGINAL people in the Dandenong area will soon have a new place to gather. The City of Casey late last month approved…
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Child saved from hot locked car
A TODDLER was left locked in a car in Noble Park North as the temperature soared above 30 degrees. Paramedics and a CFA crew were…
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Man left cuffed by fake policeman
A WOULD-BE thief masquerading as a police officer has left a Dandenong man stranded in handcuffs. Greater Dandenong CIU Detective Senior Constable Jamie Cummings last…
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Chest fills with emotion as long lost medals returned
By CASEY NEILL LEO Maybus can wear his grandfather’s World War I medals with pride on the Anzac Day centenary thanks to Dandenong police. They…
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The final end… bowled out
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS City’s 132-year historic treasure to be demolished… DANDENONG’S longest continuous sports club is soon to be no more. On Saturday, Dandenong City…
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Always ready for call-out
By CASEY NEILL ROBERT ‘Bob’ Allen spent almost 50 years of his life as a firefighter, so a CFA guard of honour following his funeral…
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Sponsors fizzle out over race scandal
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS SANDOWN Park greyhound race course – the epicentre of Victoria’s greyhound industry – has lost two major sponsors over the live baiting…
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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…