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  • Grenades spark bomb scare

    Grenades spark bomb scare

    Trawling through wartime treasures sparked a bomb scare at Dandenong RSL. Museums Victoria is working with the sub-branch to catalogue and preserve artifacts held in…

  • Handcuffed man on the loose

    Handcuffed man on the loose

    By Casey Neill A handcuffed man head-butted a police officer and escaped custody in Noble Park. Police are appealing for information about his whereabouts. They…

  • Customers and staff burned in bank attack

    Customers and staff burned in bank attack

    Twenty-six people were injured when a man deliberately caught himself on fire during his attack on Springvale’s Commonwealth Bank on Friday morning. The Springvale Road…

  • Teacher one of the big kids now as kinder celebrates

    Teacher one of the big kids now as kinder celebrates

    By Casey Neill Jessica Battershill’s gone from kinder kid to kinder teacher at Shalimar Park Pre-School. She’ll be among guests at celebrations to mark the…

  • Six critical after bank blast

    Six critical after bank blast

    By Casey Neill SIX people are in a critical condition following an explosion in a Springvale bank. Police allege that a 21-year-old Springvale man entered…

  • Historic childhood memories

    Historic childhood memories

    By Casey Neill Anne Preston and Helen Hart can’t understand what all the fuss is about when it comes to Benga House. Greater Dandenong Council…

  • 20 injured in bank fire

    20 injured in bank fire

    By Casey Neill [ UPDATE: 1.40pm ] Ambulance Victoria has updated the injury toll to 27 people. Six people with serious burns have been taken…

  • Centre moves for residents’ needs

    Centre moves for residents’ needs

    By Casey Neill The Jesuran Wellness Centre has new toys and a new home. The charity has shifted from Herbert Street, Dandenong, to Douglas Street,…

  • Police want this man

    Police want this man

    Malaysian national Yong Choy Chee is wanted for questioning over a Springvale stabbing that has left a man in an induced coma. Police are appealing…

  • Greens Kirwan could be mayor

    Greens Kirwan could be mayor

    By Casey Neill Could councillor Matthew Kirwan do “the unlikely” and become Greater Dandenong’s mayor? He fears his Greens membership will virtually render him ineligible…

  • Homes manage to push through

    Homes manage to push through

    Concerns about safety and space weren’t enough to hold back an eight-home development opposite Dandenong Park. Greater Dandenong councillors approved the application for 63 Pultney…

  • Buses needed to ease parking squeeze

    Buses needed to ease parking squeeze

    By Casey Neill Sandown Park train station needs shuttle buses to help commuters bypass a car parking crunch, says South East Metro Greens MP Nina…

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