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Veterans drive back home
As the Anzac Centenary approaches, an ex-serviceman is heading a nationwide convoy for veterans – not for those who fought long ago, but the ranks…
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Dog’s on death row
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS CORNERSTONE Contact Centre is backing a homeless woman’s impassioned plea for Greater Dandenong Council not to “heartlessly” kill her beloved dog. The…
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Blazing bravery
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS Police team dived in to rescue elderly residents… FIVE Springvale police officers who saved elderly residents from a fast-spreading fire in a…
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Hair today but gone tomorrow
By CASEY NEILL “SIT down, sit down – I’ll fix you up.” Barber Pasquale ‘Peter’ Feola has been uttering these words in Springvale for almost…
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Young artists are proud as peacocks
Athol Road Primary School pupil Ivan is a spitting image of his self-portrait, which won a commendation at this year’s Dandenong Show. For the third…
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Kids hand it to their kinder
SANDOWN Park Kindergarten in Springvale is turning 50. It will celebrate with a party for current and former kids, parents and staff from 6pm to…
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Locked toilets fail to deter boozing inconvenience
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS PUBLIC convenience is being reduced for Palm Plaza drinkers – who themselves have been viewed as a public inconvenience. Last week Greater…
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We say plastic’s fantastic
By CASEY NEILL DANDENONG’S Corex Plastics Australia is more than a manufacturer. Managing director Simon Whiteley sees it as a “custodian of polymer”. “We see…
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Vision of world hopes
By CASEY NEILL PETULA Fletcher has experienced first-hand the difference her child sponsorship is making. The Springvale pharmacy owner, her husband Chris, son Alexander and…
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Refugee with little still has a big heart
By CASEY NEILL A NOBLE Park real estate agent is singing the praises of an Afghan refugee following an unexpected good deed. Jenny Sudra took…
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Ministry on the menu
By CASEY NEILL GREATER Dandenong families are cooking a path to better health – thanks to Jamie Oliver. The Journal joined in a Jamie’s Ministry…
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Learn how to belong at uni
By CASEY NEILL DANDENONG High School students have received a taste of university life to encourage them into higher education. More than 200 year 11s…
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