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Red letter dog day
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS FROM now on, Tilly is also known as Melbourne’s Red Dog. Tilly had been missed and missing for six months after jumping…
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World Cup die-hards wait on win
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS ABOUT 50 die-hard supporters, councillors and police flocked pre-dawn for a screening of yesterday’s World Cup final live on Dandenong civic square’s…
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Pateman… King for a day
By JARROD POTTER NOT even losing his whip down the final straight could stop Steven Pateman capturing his fourth-consecutive Grand National Hurdle. Pateman, 30, who…
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Frozen holiday hit
CHILDREN and the young at heart sang along at a screening of Disney’s hit movie Frozen in Dandenong’s civic square last week. They brought chairs,…
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Warm smoking welcome
SMOKE filled the Dandenong government services office foyer last Thursday. Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation conducted a smoking ceremony and welcome to country for…
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Opera Magic
By NARELLE COULTER YARRAMAN OAKS Primary School students hit a high note when they performed alongside some of Australia’s best opera singers in Mozart’s The…
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Library tug-o-war
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS A RESIDENTS group says it will staunchly oppose any plans by Greater Dandenong Council to demolish Dandenong’s former library. Councillor Peter Brown…
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Hoops, ropes and trampolines
RIBBONS, hoops, ropes and trampolines kept kids entertained in Dandenong during the school holidays. Michaela tried her hand with a hoop when Heritage Hill Museum…
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Car’s laundry wash
By CASEY NEILL A MAN washing clothes got an almighty fright when a car careered into a Springvale South laundromat last Thursday night. Constable Michael…
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Opportunity calls
POLICE are warning drivers to remove valuables and secure their vehicles to curb car thefts. Springvale Senior Sergeant Scott Brennan said thefts from and of…
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Aunty Di breaks ice on drugs
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS WURUNDJERI elder Diane Kerr has called for a summit of Greater Dandenong community elders to work together to combat the ‘ice’ drug…
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Mini-cyclone wreaks havoc
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS IN A burst of several seconds, mysterious cyclone-like westerlies reduced parts of Keysborough to a “war zone” on Wednesday night. A fast-food…
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