News
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Lifetime of service
GRAHAM Don has received a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) for his service to the Springvale community and to ex-service welfare. He’s been…
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Jail for wife killer
By CASEY NEILL A FORMER Dandenong volunteer was last week jailed for killing his wife, but will be eligible for parole in less than six…
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No to house of worship
By CASEY NEILL A FRESH push to allow more people to attend a Springvale temple has failed. City of Greater Dandenong councillors on Tuesday night…
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‘Jockey’ on the buses
By CASEY NEILL GREATER Dandenong’s elderly residents now have more flexible access to shopping buses, following an incident that left a blind woman stranded for…
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Racism rears its ugly head again as young woman abused on Dandenong train
By Kait O’Callahan Two weeks ago I witnessed something I never thought I’d see. It wasn’t so much that I bore witness to a racial…
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Free sausages
A food van has started serving free sausages outside Cornerstone Contact Centre in Dandenong on Thursday nights. The meals are provided by Manna4Life, a group…
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Your choice of bins: upsize, downsize
Residents will choose the size of their street-collection garbage bins next year. Greater Dandenong Council announced the choice of a 240-litre or a new jumbo…
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A community voice lives on
HAD he been alive today Greg Dickson, former owner/editor of the Dandenong Journal, would be relieved that the newspaper to which he devoted so much…
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Greens may oppose units
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS A FIGHT is growing over the future of a former gardening nursery site in Springvale South. The owner of the former Treeplanters…
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Shopping jeeps on bus: Greater Dandenong's backflip
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS A PENSIONER deliberately abandoned during a community bus shopping trip may have earned ultimate victory against Greater Dandenong Council. Tomorrow night, councillors…
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Queen’s Birthday honours: Going the extra mile
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS and CATHERINE WATSON A grassroots councillor has made a name for going beyond the call of duty. Roz Blades, a three-time mayor…
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The pain of Aspergers
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS A HEARTBROKEN Endeavour Hills mother said there were no suitable schools for her son who has Aspergers and has been routinely bullied…