News
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Sinking feeling
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS Family feels led down by authorities after ground collapse drops woman into disused well… SINKHOLE victim Christina Beaumont and her family want…
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One home distroyed and another saved
FIRE destroyed one home and threatened another in Springvale South last week. The CFA was called to the blaze in Sharon Road about 1.10am on…
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Pizza team topped up
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS TASTE of Paradise Pizza boasts, perhaps brazenly, it has the ‘best pizza on Earth’ but as of last week it could rightfully…
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Welfare plea to shelve library demolition
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS TWO not-for-profit welfare agencies have called for Greater Dandenong Council to save the former Dandenong library in Stuart Street as a community…
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Black mark for hoons
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS A PUBLIC meeting has been called over the blight of hoons carving tyre-track circlework into Dandenong North streets. Rusmir Hadzic, who lives…
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Island dining makes for a fine Fiji feast
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS IN ONE of central Dandenong’s quieter corners there are rare feasts of Fijian and Fiji-Indian cuisine. Fiji Cafe in the eastern end…
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There’s so much to do
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS BUSINESS as usual for state-election victor Labor, poised to clean-sweep the grab-bag of lower-house seats in the Greater Dandenong area. The ALP’s…
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Care colour
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS TALK about a deep-green immersion. More than 100 asylum seekers and refugees topped off a six-month sustainability course with a mini-market at…
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Parking shortage not a good look
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS FEARS of a car parking shortage in central Noble Park have intensified after the planning approval of a five-storey development at 1…
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New lessons
By CASEY NEILL DANDENONG West Primary School is tackling family violence before it has a chance to start. The 30-plus guests at the school’s White…
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Santa quiet time
SENSITIVE Santa returns to Dandenong Plaza this Christmas ensuring children with special needs don’t miss the opportunity to interact with Father Christmas. Sensitive Santa offers…
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Link to the past
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS A NEW Springvale road will pay tribute to a town visionary. Lindsay Williams Crossing is the name for the link connecting Lightwood…