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Pair wanted over violent home invasion
A man has been seriously injured in his Dandenong share house by two alleged home invaders. Greater Dandenong Crime Investigation Unit detectives say two males…
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Pillars of support
After Covid’s sullen lockdowns, the jokes and laughter have returned for a hardy group of Vietnam veterans at Noble Park RSL. Each Thursday vets from…
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Push for toxic zone health study
Greater Dandenong councillor Jim Memeti is proposing a high-level taskforce to urgently investigate human health impacts posed by Dandenong South’s toxic industry zone. Cr Memeti…
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Lifeline for Covid food aid?
Greater Dandenong Council is hopeful that its 200-tonne food relief program will be given a six-month lifeline but other Covid-19 support measures are set to…
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Sandown collision course
Greater Dandenong councillors are bucking against the early plans for a proposed high-rise housing estate of up to 16,000 residents at Sandown Racecourse. In a…
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Off-track but victorious
Against the odds, members from a cycling club without a home have emerged as dual state champions. Noble Park Dandenong Cycling Club members Ryan Koroknai,…
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Clean, quiet e-bus ‘revolution’
Are noisy, polluting buses coming to the end of the line? Dandenong manufacturer Volgren unveiled four zero-emission electric buses rolling off its production line on…
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Driver battered in Springvale carjacking
Two males are on the run after a driver was allegedly bashed with a baseball bat during a carjacking in Springvale. Police say the victim…
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Roll out the robots
A science-and-technology centre equipped with rolling robots has been launched at Dandenong South Primary School. Students drove the Sphero BOLT robots through obstacle courses, and…
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Run through rainbows
Bright clouds of rainbow dust electrified Athol Road Primary School students in a colourful fundraiser on 26 March. In its Colour Explosion School Fun Run,…
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Outside-school care boost
Rosewood Primary School is set to introduce an outside-school-hours care service, thanks to a State grant. Dandenong MP Gabrielle Williams announced the school’s $224,700 funding…
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Gym set to take shape
Works have started on a new gymnasium as part of the stage 1 revamp of Noble Park Aquatic Centre. The two-storey, 600-square-metre Health and Wellbeing…