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Mechanics’ garage ram-raided
A male has broken into a Springvale mechanic’s workshop during a ramraid on Monday 25 February. A dark-coloured Mazda without number plates rammed the Booloora…
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Caterer ’horrified’ by listeria death
A Dandenong South commercial caterer says it is “horrified” after being closed down during an investigation into a fatal outbreak of listeriosis. An elderly woman…
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Burglar in the bedroom
A 49-year-old woman has been woken by an intruder in her bedroom in her Dandenong home early on Sunday 24 February. In waking, she appeared…
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Two face Thunder match-fix charges
Dandenong Thunder soccer club has denied wrongdoing after being embroiled in a police investigation into match fixing. In a statement to members on 26 February,…
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Hall shutdown averted
A safety issue at John Pandazopoulos Hall has been swiftly fixed by Casey Council, averting a threatened shutdown of the hall. After a month of…
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Final four locked in
It took until the second last round of the home-and-away season, but the finalists to fight for the DDCA Turf 1 premiership are finally locked…
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Listeria traced to Dandenong South
Health authorities have closed commercial caterer I Cook Foods while they investigate a listeriosis death. An elderly woman died in an eastern suburbs private hospital…
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Inside Amazon’s walls
No car keys. No phones. No bags. No photography. Security was cordial but tight as Star News joined members of Greater Dandenong Chamber of Commerce…
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Stand-off on park’s future
Dandenong MP Gabrielle Williams and Greater Dandenong councillor Matthew Kirwan have clashed over the future of ‘surplus’ Melbourne Water land in Dandenong. Since 2014, the…
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Climb out of ice addiction
When Janice Ablett reflects on her efforts on the Ice Meltdown Project, it boils down to 150 lives ‘saved’. She shuns ‘harm minimalisation’, doesn’t receive…
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Funding crunch for ‘first responder’
Wellsprings for Women regards itself as a “first responder” to family violence. However from August, its family violence service is facing an uncertain future with…
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Plan to fast-track velodrome demolition
Greater Dandenong Council is proposing to fast-track the controversial demolition of Maurice Kirby Velodrome in Noble Park as soon as March. On 25 February, councillors…
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