News
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Crime up 2.3 per cent
By CASEY NEILL VEHICLE thefts and assaults remain a major concern for Greater Dandenong police – and they need help from the public to tackle…
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Age of ice
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS TOUGH law and order policies won’t be enough to dent the appeal of ice – which is fast becoming the most popular…
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Fighting the mental stigma
By CASEY NEILL DALE Key wants his run for State Parliament to help remove the stigma of mental illness from the political arena. The Lyndhurst…
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Students love their sports classes
By CASEY NEILL EMERSON students are acing their studies while leading the way. The Dandenong school this year started a Vocational Education and Training (VET)…
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Sampey hits out at panel
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS GREATER Dandenong councillor Maria Sampey has called for the replacement of both members on a “rigged” councillor-conduct panel set to hear her…
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Stimulating the senses
By CASEY NEILL A DRAB wall at a Springvale school is now a sensory showpiece. For the past few months Pakenham artist Belinda Conibeer has…
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Long wait on school site
By CASEY NEILL THE Noble Park community is still waiting for action on a graffiti-ravaged abandoned primary school, almost three years after its closure. A…
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Kids go mad for science
SCIENCE stole the show at St Anthony’s Catholic Primary on Thursday 21 August. Students at the Noble Park school led their peers in various experiments…
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Harry’s winning bid
By NARELLE COULTER SPRINGVALE real estate agent Harry Li has brought down the hammer on one of real estate’s most prestigious titles – that of…
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Hub of south-east reborn
GREATER Dandenong is fast re-emerging as the commercial, manufacturing, artistic, educational and dining hub of the south east. With so much activity happening throughout the…
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Community beats to Drum
By CASEY NEILL DRUM Theatre is helping to foster Dandenong’s heart and soul. The 521-seat performing arts theatre opened in February 2006, within the 1890-built…
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Boom is set
THE highly anticipated new shopping precinct at Dandenong Plaza is getting its finishing touches, ahead of its unveiling later this year. The redevelopment, which has…