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Dollar donations
By CASEY NEILL A DOLLAR makes a difference. That’s the slogan councillor Roz Blades is touting to give Springvale Benevolent Society a hand. “During their…
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Coronor to decide fate
By CASEY NEILL “ALL signs of life have just stopped, but where is he? We really don’t know.” Greater Dandenong CIU Detective Senior Constable Kane…
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Spiritual journey
By CASEY NEILL GEORGE Leminded Ladu had never even heard the term ‘Anglican Church’ when he arrived in Australia as a Sudanese refugee 10 years…
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Child is sole survivor in car-truck crash
A NOBLE Park truck driver will answer 10 charges over a crash in Catani on Friday morning that killed four members of one family. Major…
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Motoring mentors
By CASEY NEILL LEARNER drivers in Greater Dandenong need a helping hand to get behind the wheel. The L2P learner driver mentor program helps young…
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Next level for new library
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS GREATER Dandenong’s new library will not be just the domain of bookworms. A media tour of its new digs last week revealed…
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Tip closure call
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS SHADOW Federal Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus has called for the closure of the Taylors Road toxic waste landfill in Lyndhurst, after a fire…
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African flavour
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS YOU have to look twice not to mistake Happy African Variety Store for a hair salon. Giant posters of lushly-coiffeured models, not…
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Fatal train smash driver to stand trial
By CASEY NEILL A NARRE Warren truck driver has been ordered to stand trial in the Supreme Court over a fatal train crash in Dandenong…
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Gun pulled in road rage
By CASEY NEILL POLICE are seeking witnesses to two armed road rage clashes in Dandenong, one involving a silver handgun. Greater Dandenong CIU Acting Detective…
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Eye out for safer streets
By CASEY NEILL ASSAULTS are on the rise in Greater Dandenong, but police assure residents they’re working hard to make the streets safer. Victoria Police…
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Addicts held to account
INTRO Dandenong Drug Court is at the forefront of an alternative way of punishing drug-addicted criminals. Its magistrate Tony Parsons gives offenders every chance to…