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Anti-alcohol argument slurred
COUNCILLORS have expressed concern that liquor outlets have reached saturation point in central Dandenong – yet approved an 11th outlet in its CBD last week.…
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Flood of tributes
On behalf of the Dandenong Agricultural and Pastoral Society Inc, I wish to offer our sincerest condolences on the passing of our much loved and…
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Crutch raid
Briefly A ROBBER used a crutch to threaten a man and a woman in a house on Heatherton Road, Noble Park. Detective Constable Sally Spalding…
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Fragile defence
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS A SPRINGVALE man was fined $650 for criminal damage after claiming he accidentally smashed his ex-wife’s glass door while trying to “knock”…
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Study to ping table tennis options
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS PING pong could be a smash in Greater Dandenong – but it lobs short of the facilities needed for its potentially vast…
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Gunman unzipped
Briefly A MAN with a home-made firearm down the front of his pants was arrested at Springvale Railway Station on Monday night. Three protective services…
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Marg leaves treasured memories
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS GREATER Dandenong and the Journal lost one of their stalwarts on Tuesday. Marg Stork, 91, had been penning stories and columns about…
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Big Top, big talent
MULTICULTURAL Dandenong was on display in all its glorious colour and diversity at the inaugural Emerge Under the Big Top Festival at Dandenong Market on…
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Carma Keast’s karma feast
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS IT could be a case of Carma by name, good karma by nature for community-minded 89-year-old Carma Keast. Mrs Keast, of Dandenong,…
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Thanks, Australia
By CASEY NEILL “I FEEL like Australia gave me a chance, gave me an opportunity to become someone.” Springvale’s Richard Lim fled Cambodia 34 years…
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Giving in her nature
By CASEY NEILL GIVING to the Dandenong community has always come naturally to Margo Hartley. The Endeavour Hills resident was today awarded a Medal of…
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Hope for ‘drug’ school site clean-up
By CASEY NEILL AN abandoned and vandalised Noble Park school could be flattened within weeks, but its future remains unclear. A spokeswoman for Education Minister…