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Loneliness of long-distance learning
In this Covid-19 world, students and schools are learning to adapt to the new solitude, say St John’s Regional College captains Tofy Jorissen and Aker…
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Covid-19 plateaus in Dandy
No new Covid-19 cases have been recorded in Greater Dandenong in the past week, according to state health department figures. In a sign of an…
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ANZAC Day tradition carries on
ANZAC Day commemorations shifted from war memorials and shrines to homes and driveways, due to the coronavirus lockdown. At Dandenong High School, its annual service…
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Together in darkness
Drum Theatre was lit a sombre blue while flags fluttered at half-mast outside Dandenong police station in tribute to four police officers killed on Eastern…
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Holding the line on Covid numbers
No new cases of Covid-19 have been reported in the City of Greater Dandenong in the past week – the number has been at 14…
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House gutted by fire
A house was gutted by a fierce fire at 7 Laschelles Street, Springvale on Friday 24 April. Witnesses saw flames rising through the roof at…
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Community rallies during great need
Without Covid-19 welfare support, many community members are in dire need of help, Springvale Benevolent Society president Joe Rechichi says. Such as the unemployed who…
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Retirees’ grocery-run for neighbours
A trio of Springvale retirement-village residents have helped their neighbours with an in-house grocery service during the coronavirus lockdown. When the Lexington Gardens mini-bus service…
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Teens detained after wild chase
Three teenagers were arrested after speeding in a stolen car at more than 180km/h, crashing into another car and nearly hitting a woman with a…
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Sports clubs can stay: council
Greater Dandenong Council has moved to hose down Turner Reserve clubs’ fury after dumping the venue’s masterplan. In a statement, it assured tenant clubs that…
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Turner Reserve clubs vent fury
Furious sports clubs say they have been “ambushed” by Greater Dandenong Council’s decision to abandon a major upgrade and investigate the clubs’ removal from Wal…
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Star student spirals into jail
A former apprentice-of-the-year rapidly graduated into a “higher echelon” of drug traffickers, a Victorian County Court judge has observed. Jacob Bentley, 28, of Dandenong, was…
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