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Tasty treats pop up
SPRINGVALE Railway Station became a bustling street market last Thursday. The temporary retail space featured the tastes, sounds and smells of Vietnamese, Cambodian and Chinese…
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Not so p*** easy to give up the drink
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS TO PUT it politely, it could be said that a rogue group of drinkers at Palm Plaza were taking the pee. The…
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Cut above the rest
COLIN Gibbons lost a lung to cancer 15 years ago. “I was told if I got to see five years I’d be a lucky boy,”…
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Roller battle of the believers
SOUTH Sea Roller Derby will go to Gotham City next week to honour one of its own. The Cutthroat Charmers and the Blackheart Breakers will…
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Clinic is a sure shot
TWO of the world’s best female basketballers shared their skills with the game’s future stars in Dandenong last month. WNBL side Dandenong Rangers invited its…
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Breakfast wakes to a drunk dog day
COMEDIAN Nelly Thomas isn’t shy about laughing at mental illness, specifically her own life-long tussle with anxiety. Ms Thomas entertained a predominately female audience on…
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No mind for health
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS PSYCHIATRISTS are shunning Greater Dandenong and the south-east corridor in favour of their leafy home suburbs, according to a local mental-health director.…
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Church slams parking plans
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS A NOBLE Park pastor, whose church was compelled to spend $70,000 on an off-street car park, has accused Greater Dandenong Council of…
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Police say grass fire was arson
A FIRE that tore through grassland in Dandenong was deliberately lit, police have said. They are appealing for information about the grass and scrub fire…
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Fight stabbing
A DAYLIGHT stabbing landed a Dandenong man in hospital with serious chest wounds. Greater Dandenong CIU Sergeant Glen Cruse said the 30-year-old argued with another…
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Travel card threat
A THIEF armed with a screwdriver made off with nothing but a Myki card after threatening an Endeavour Hills man. The 50-year-old victim was walking…
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Following the creek through the centuries
AS KIDS in the early 1930s my sibilings and I began our expeditions around the little market town of Dandenong, which we fondly recall as…
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