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A Good feeling
LAURA, of Dandenong North, is no stranger to the Royal Children’s Hospital – the beneficiary of this week’s Good Friday Appeal. Afflicted with juvenile rheumatoid…
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$3.7m drugs haul
POLICE last week seized more than 1500 cannabis plants with an estimated street value of $3.7 million in a series of early morning raids across…
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Monash truckies in fast lane: It’s a big rig-marole
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS WHAT DO YOU THINK? SCROLL TO BELOW THIS STORY TO POST A COMMENT. THERE are renewed calls to ban trucks from the…
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Lyndhurst tip debate turns toxic
By CATHERINE WATSON and CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS SOUTH-East suburban MPs and a residents’ group are outraged at Planning Minister Matthew Guy’s “cruel” dismissal of concerns about…
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Nurses praise their Nightingale
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS A RETIRED nurse who spent some of her last hours rallying for her colleagues has been remembered as inspiring. Dandenong’s Jennifer Browne,…
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Marg Moments: Stick with it, you stamp fans
WHEN he was a schoolboy, Rusty Nicholls grew fascinated by the stamps on envelopes. It was his window to the world and his parents Jim…
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Balanced approach to housing crunch
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS AFFORDABLE housing in Dandenong in the future may look something like state-of-the-art townhouses if a benevolent private developer has his way. Last…
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80 jobs go in Cussons Dandenong factory closure
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS WHAT DO YOU THINK? SCROLL TO BELOW THIS STORY TO POST A COMMENT. SINGLE mother of seven Harri White was struggling to…
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Hallam CFA fires up in titles
HALLAM CFA enjoyed a hot streak at the recent state championships. Coach Graham Lovett and eight brigade members took out one race and picked up…
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The cost of graffiti
Graffiti removal will cost Greater Dandenong ratepayers an estimated $759,000 for the next three years. The program will include rapid removal of tags from council…
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‘Flasher’ in Parkmore car park
A man has allegedly exposed himself to a female trolley collector in Parkmore shopping centre’s car park after parking his car across a trolley bay,…
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Wheelie bins set alight
Several wheelie bins on nature strips were incinerated by vandals in Dandenong and Dandenong North early last Tuesday. Bins were set alight on the corner…