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MamaLand comes to the rescue
By KATHLEEN BELSTEN THIS is a modern fairytale, a story of hope for an underdeveloped country, in which South Sudan is Cinderella and Stella Lado…
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New light on Dandenong North blackspot
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS GREATER Dandenong council has installed extra lights at an accident blackspot that had had residents living in fear. Greg Ashley, who lives…
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Asian Gateway: We don’t want to see Springvale split up'
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS THE proposed $600,000 Springvale Asian Gateway project has become the subject of a heated community row. A Vietnamese community group has attacked…
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Building’s design boast
A DANDENONG building has won an international design award. Wallara’s Potter Street centre took home the award for International Salutogenic Design at the annual International…
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Chance meeting of sponsor child
By CASEY NEILL MEETING their sponsor child in Springvale last month was a deeply touching moment for a local church group. The Watoto Children’s Choir…
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New plants greet green day
SILVERTON Primary students planted more than 250 new trees in their school grounds to celebrate National Tree Day on 26 July. There are now indigenous…
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Hopping mad
By LACHLAN MOORHEAD A Dandenong man handed himself into police on Tuesday following the horrific arrow-shooting of an Endeavour Hills kangaroo. A 21-year-old was interviewed…
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Federal asylum response slammed
By CASEY NEILL A SPRINGVALE refugee support group slammed the Federal Government’s response to boat arrivals as an attack on asylum seekers and likened Opposition…
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Multiculture on a festive note
EMERGE Festival attracted a full house to Dandenong’s Drum Theatre late last month. The free Multicultural Arts Victoria event on 20 July was the culmination…
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Dark horse ROC’s a real threat
By JARROD POTTER ROC confirmed itself as that niggling team that could cause an upset or two over the coming weeks, after it fought hard…
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Raid nets $1m drugs
GREATER Dandenong police seized more than $1 million worth of cannabis in raids on four homes last week. Dandenong Tasking Unit members and other officers…
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Pros woes mar city
By CASEY NEILL POLICE made one arrest and interviewed three other suspects in a blitz on prostitution in Dandenong’s CBD. Sergeant Pat Green told the…
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