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Quilting a creative patch
By CASEY NEILL EVERY Tuesday there’s an air of excitement and enthusiasm at Dandenong Neighbourhood House – the quilters from Wallara have arrived. When the…
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Skilled on a world stage
NATIONAL champion panel beater and Chisholm graduate Dayne Ciborowski has returned to the TAFE’s Dandenong campus to judge the next generation of apprentices. The Cranbourne…
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Hunt for thief
A 62-YEAR-OLD man was assaulted and robbed in Dandenong last month. The man had finished withdrawing money from an ATM outside Dandenong Lotto on Thomas…
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Lawyers find charity cash
By CASEY NEILL TWELVE days of festive fun at M and K Lawyers in Dandenong will raise more than $2000 for charity. The office decided…
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Casting Christmas goodwill
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS WORKERS at Nissan’s metal-casting plant in Dandenong South have sacrificed their Christmas bonus hampers, instead pooling the funds for the Red Cross…
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Hopes for an annual event
ROTARY Club of Dandenong South East has raised more than $3000 for brain cancer research to honour a former member. The club held the first…
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Diversity is our community
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS VOLUNTEERS are regarded as the lifeblood for “turning disadvantage into advantage” at the Asylum Seeker’s Resource Centre. The centre had grown out…
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Santa of smiles
“HENRY couldn’t care less about having a photo with Santa, but I do,” smiled Janine Irwin as she watched her autistic son pose for photographs…
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They’re wild about Harry
By CASEY NEILL A DANDENONG North fashion student’s collection earned some valuable fans last week. Harry Katakouzinos, 21, received the Best Runway Collection award at…
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More police hit the roads
By CASEY NEILL POLICE will spend an extra 120 hours on Greater Dandenong roads this festive season. Operation Invincible kicked off last weekend and is…
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Just don’t call them “old”
By CAMERON LUCADOUWELLS THEY’RE certainly not a bad group of ‘old bastards’. In fact, the self-titled International Order of Old Bastards (IOOB) are something closer…
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Keys to their past
By GAVIN BYRT YEAR 5 and 6 students at Mt Hira College have been learning about the history of Keysborough with the help of someone…