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The art of the matter

A NEW national art prize is encouraging refugees and asylum seekers to pursue their talents. City of Greater Dandenong has launched Home and Art to...

Acting career hits the roof

By CASEY NEILL A BREAKTHROUGH role doesn’t get much better than the fiddler in Fiddler on the Roof. Pakenham resident Brett Fisher made his professional musical...

Windows reflect festive cheer

GREATER Dandenong Business gave retailers across the municipality an opportunity to celebrate the busy Christmas sales period by participating in a festive season visual...

Service for lost children

MORE than 500 people remembered children lost at Springvale Botanical Cemetery’s annual children’s Christmas service. Premier Daniel Andrews was among guests at the Sunday 13...

Aboriginal flag to fly

GREATER Dandenong Council plans to fly the Aboriginal flag alongside the Australian flag and its own banner at Dandenong Civic Centre. Councillors at their 14...

Cherry merry Christmas

KEYSBOROUGH shoppers love their cherries. Coles supermarket figures from last summer placed its Keysborough store in the top 10 for cherry sales, with shoppers consuming...

Hi-tech breast cancer screening

DANDENONG is now home to more accurate breast cancer screening. The David Street MIA clinic has introduced 3D mammography, which reduces false-positive findings and the...

Second innings for primary?

By CASEY NEILL MARALINGA Primary will reopen if Greater Dandenong Council gets its way. The school closed at the end of 2014, and all pupils moved...

7-Eleven raided at knife point

MEN armed with a hammer, crow bar and knife have robbed a Keysborough 7-Eleven. Greater Dandenong CIU Detective Sergeant Luke Kirton said the incident occurred...

Disco cash for homework

REFUGEE and migrant students can get a hand with their homework, thanks to a $3000 donation. Southern Migrant and Refugee Centre (SMRC) business development manager...

Pre-dawn highway robbery

TWO men armed with a cricket bat have robbed a man in Dandenong. Greater Dandenong CIU Detective Sergeant Luke Kirton said the 24-year-old victim was...

Parking cash drilled out

THIEVES have stolen more than $550 in coins from central Dandenong parking meters. Greater Dandenong CIU Detective Sergeant Luke Kirton said they drilled out the...

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Special bond shared for 100th milestone

Susanna Lacko’s 100th birthday was particularly poignant, franked by a special bond. Ms Lasko shares the same birthday as her 58-year-old grandson Edward, and they...