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Ukraine history set in stone
A plaque marking decades of Ukrainian settlement is set to be unveiled in Burden Park, Springvale. The celebration on 19 October brings together the Association…
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Robot camp in deepest Amazon
Dozens of students have taken a school holiday ‘camp’ on computer science in Dandenong on 2 October. The Camp Amazon session was part of a…
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ANZ branch set to close
ANZ Bank has cited the popularity of online and mobile banking as the reason for shutting its Endeavour Hills branch on 20 November. It is…
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Council drops iCook Foods charges
Greater Dandenong Council has sensationally dropped all 96 food safety charges levelled against commercial catering company iCook Foods. The 30-year-old Dandenong South business is now…
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Twin towers site revealed
The site for Armada Dandenong Plaza’s proposed $70 million twin apartment towers can be revealed. Concept plans show 12-storey glass towers up to 49 metres…
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Council urges counterparts: back your neighbour
Greater Dandenong council has used a national conference to highlight the plight of asylum seekers in the community, drawing attention to an issue affecting thousands…
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Man charged with ATM armed robbery
A man has been charged with armed robbery and assault over an alleged hold-up at an ATM in Dandenong. Greater Dandenong CIU detectives arrested the…
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AFL chases former heartland
AFL Victoria is bent on reclaiming its sport’s former Greater Dandenong heartland. North Dandenong Sharks Junior Football Club is currently “in recess” due to a…
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Floods of relief at Oasis
A group of Dandenong Oasis swimmers who took on the council over its proposed redevelopment of the facility are elated and relieved after securing a…
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Accused drug-dealer’s ‘pokies win’
A convicted drug trafficker allegedly found with more than $8700 and large amounts of suspected drugs in his car has claimed he’d won the money…
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Senior fights off bag snatcher
Police have released vision of a suspect bag snatcher who was thwarted by his 76-year-old victim in Dandenong. A Doveton woman was in the frozen…
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Fire engulfs carpet factory
A massive fire at a carpet factory blanketed Dandenong under thick plumes of black smoke. Eighteen fire crews battled to bring the blaze under control…