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Church faith falls flat
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS A PROPOSED church opposite an under-construction mosque and a Samoan church has been rejected by Greater Dandenong Council for encroaching on an…
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Tag goes a long way
By CASEY NEILL MOST shoppers give little thought to the security tag removed from their clothing purchase and thrown into a box under a Myer…
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Training values reach out
CHISHOLM is Victoria’s Large Training Provider of the Year. The Dandenong-based institute received the honour at the 60th annual Victorian Training Awards on 26 September.…
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Riding to safety
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS POLICE have bailed out asylum seekers in need of bike safety lessons at Casey Safety Village in Cranbourne East. Last month 28…
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Duty bound to remember
By CASEY NEILL ABOUT 150 people honoured police who have died in the line of duty at Springvale Botanical Cemetery last Monday. Springvale Senior Sergeant…
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Van explodes
AN EXPLOSION rocked Egan Road in Dandenong South on 25 September. Emergency services were called to a fire in a white Mercedes Sprinter van about…
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Show steps back
By CASEY NEILL NOBLE Park RSL took a step back in time last Tuesday to mark 100 years since World War I began. Victoria’s Journey…
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Search for missing youth
POLICE are seeking public assistance to find missing Dandenong North youth Jake Lyons. The 20-year-old was last seen at his home on Scullin Street on…
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Erratic driving on freeway
By CASEY NEILL A NOBLE Park man, 40, is accused of erratically driving a car on the Monash and Princes freeways. Numerous calls to triple-zero…
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Doveton siege ends in arrest
UPDATE at 12.25pm: Police have arrested a male, bringing an end to a four-hour siege in Doveton. The male was taken into custody at a…
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‘Call’ saves woman from tree-fall trauma
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS A CALL of nature may have saved a Dandenong caravan park resident’s life during yesterday afternoon’s storm. Monika Barany had just put…
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Time for a little fun
LITTLE Day Out was the headline event of the third annual Greater Dandenong Children’s Festival on Sunday. It transformed Ross Reserve in Noble Park with…