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Blue hue hoon
By CAMERON LUCADOUWELLS A BUSINESSMAN has captured hair-raising video footage of a hoon driver’s car losing traction as it circled a roundabout at Fiveways industrial…
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Bail buster remanded
A SPRINGVALE man who has broken bail four times has been remanded following his latest arrest. Police arrested Omar Amr, 23, from Springvale South, following…
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Raid nets drugs and taser
THREE people are facing charges after a raid in Dandenong North located drugs and a taser. Dandenong Tasking Unit officers executed a drugs warrant at…
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Residents topple high-rise plan
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS A RESIDENTS campaign to drive future high-rise development out of their suburbs won some ground last month. Greater Dandenong Council rejected a…
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Future builder
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS BACK in 1976, there were no grand designs for then-graduate engineer John Bennie to spend the next 38 years in local government.…
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Night time break-in
THIEVES stole mobile phones and video cameras from a Keysborough home as a man and a woman slept upstairs. They smashed a small hole in…
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Police bowled over
POLICE are turning to bowling to connect with Greater Dandenong’s youth. Officers and Noble Park English Language School students and teachers hit the bowling alley…
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Civic works part of plan
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS SPRINGVALE’S civic centre and meeting rooms will be retained but its administrative offices will make way for a plaza and new library…
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Scooters get a boost
SCOOTER and wheelchair users can now recharge their transport with ease. City of Greater Dandenong has signed up to the RECHARGE Scheme to improve accessibility…
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Bikies linked to crossing works
THE State Government will not confirm whether it will retain a sub-contracted labour hire and traffic management firm that was last week linked with criminal…
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Business word on the street
BUSINESS and trader associations can get their hands on up to $20,000. Applications for the State Government’s revamped Streetlife program are now open. Innovation, Services…
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Cemetery workers bury the hatchet
By CASEY NEILL SIX months of strike action at the Springvale and Bangholme cemeteries is over. A pay and conditions dispute between the Australian Workers…