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US-bound pair flying towards hoop dreams
Two young basketballers are set to follow their hoop dreams, embarking for the US on college scholarships. Oyiti Amum and Daniel Akuei, both from Dandenong-based…
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‘Victim’ City calls for brawl bans
Springvale City has claimed several of its players were injured during a wild fan invasion and brawls in a clash with Sandown Lions at Noble…
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Go karts should go down to the wire: ex-mayor
Former Casey mayor Rob Wilson has weighed in against plans for a go-kart racing track in Hallam. Mr Wilson argues there’s no room for the…
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Reunion of the century
It’s billed as a ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ school reunion. Marking the centenary of Dandenong High School, ex-students from around the world are converging for a weekend of…
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Wings of change
As old buildings come crashing down, it’s in with the new wings at Lyndale Secondary College. In dramatic contrast, a modern new auditorium, STEM classrooms…
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Power battle
Neighbours say they are betrayed by plans for a 68,000-panel solar farm on a former Green Wedge landfill in Clarke Road Springvale South. They are…
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School merger marks 10
Dandenong High School has marked 10 years since a momentous merger of three schools. Back in 2009, Doveton and Cleeland secondary colleges merged into Dandenong…
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Men suffer in sickly silence
Alarming male suicide rates do not just stem from a biological cause, says Associate Professor of Psychiatry and popular author Greg de Moore. It has…
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74yo pervert fails to declare child
A 74-year-old registered child sex offender has pleaded guilty to failing to notify authorities of his four-year-old son that he’d been regularly visiting in Vietnam.…
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Driver sleeps in drug-laden SUV
A man has pleaded guilty to a string of charges after being found asleep at the wheel of an idling car full of drugs, ammunition…
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Drunk robbed blind
Three women have been arrested over an alleged violent robbery of a drunk man in central Dandenong. The 25-year-old victim approached the women, asking them…
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Hidden keys found, truck lost
A 2018 Ford Ranger has been stolen during an aggravated burglary using a spare key and garage remote found in the household’s second vehicle parked…