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World-class fighter kicks through red-tape
By Cam Lucadou-Wells A 17-year-old fighter has punched through a bureaucratic brick wall that threatened to upend his international martial arts career. Rahullah Sarwari, of…
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Lethal crossing
By Cam Lucadou-Wells Crossing at a notorious Stud Road pedestrian black-spot has been compared to a perilous game of ‘Frogger’. Just like the video game,…
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Living with polio’s lingering effects
By Cam Lucadou-Wells Lyn Bates is living proof that polio is far from eradicated. The Noble Park retiree contracted polio as a child – on…
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Mobile solution for ‘kitten season’
By Cam Lucadou-Wells A charitable animal shelter is seeking funds for a low-cost mobile pet-desexing service in Greater Dandenong. Under state planning laws, Australian Animal…
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Sport gets a serve
By Cam Lucadou-Wells A $75 million plan to upgrade Greater Dandenong’s sports pavilions and lights has been dismissed by a Greater Dandenong councillor as funding…
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Keep the car at home
By Cam Lucadou-Wells Car security begins at home, says Greater Dandenong Neighbourhood Watch president Dawn Vernon. The crime-prevention group pitched into Operation Bounce Back –…
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Ablaze house due for demolition, police say
By Cam Lucadou-Wells Police are investigating a suspicious fire at a vacant house on Mather Road, Keysborough. Neighbours woke to the sound of breaking glass…
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Springvale man charged with murder
By Cam Lucadou-Wells A Springvale man has been charged with murder over the death of a man in Montmorency last month. The 53-year-old accused was…
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No porkies: England are through to the World Cup final
By Cam Lucadou-Wells Dandenong butcher Rob Boyle is claiming a win with his first ‘oracle’ pork pie – which correctly predicted an English win over…
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HOME is where the art is
By Cam Lucadou-Wells Iranian-born artist Mahla Karimian’s first chance to express herself on Australian gallery walls was a national art event in Dandenong. Prior to…
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Woman robbed in broad daylight
By Cam Lucadou-Wells A woman has been robbed of her handbag and phone in a Dandenong laneway in the middle of the day. The female…
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Commuter run down by muggers
By Cam Lucadou-Wells A commuter has been followed from Springvale railway station and mugged by a pair of males on 9 July. The 22-year-old Noble…
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