Bypass due for overdue clean-up
By CASEY NEILL
A CLEAN-UP is on the cards for a “disgraceful mess” along the Dandenong Bypass.
Keysborough resident David, who did not want his surname...
Waste plans ‘are failing’
By CASEY NEILL
GREATER Dandenong’s new Waste and Litter Strategy has “one glaring failing”, according to councillor Matthew Kirwan.
He told the 14 September council meeting...
Strong on causes of crime
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS
FORMER County Court judge Michael Strong told a Noble Park forum that he felt a “dill” after becoming a victim of crime.
The...
Neighbours are old friends
By CASEY NEILL
DES Morrish has called Marie Kean and Thelma and Allan Witham his neighbours for more than 60 years.
Oswald Street, Dandenong, was just...
Hospitals ‘bypass’ goes but queues will remain, say ambos
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS
THE state paramedics union has welcomed today’s announced end to the hospital bypass system, though it doesn’t expect it will stop ambulance...
Council counts on public pressure to relieve rate cap crunch
By CASEY NEILL
RATE capping will affect Greater Dandenong residents more than they realise, Councillor Matthew Kirwan says.
The State Government is expected to cap local...
Festival’s bright future
By CASEY NEILL
AN Australian-first light, lantern and Chinese culture celebration has touched down in Dandenong.
The Dandenong Festival of Lights opened at the Dandenong Showgrounds...
Dad lost in a sea of alcohol
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS
A FATHER of two who began “drowning” in alcoholism and thieving after losing his job last year has been jailed for two...
Businessman’s passion remembered in park
JOHN Hemmings was a coach builder from Ringwood near Bristol.
He landed in Dandenong in 1855, worked as a carpenter and built up a coach-building...
Park prowler
A 12-YEAR-OLD boy has told police that he had to hide in a park after he saw a man following him along Heatherton Road,...
Get the ear of police
SHARE safety concerns with police and Greater Dandenong Council at a forum in Noble Park North.
Victoria Police Inspector Bruce Kitchen will be on hand...
The ship of her dreams
By CASEY NEILL
“THE boat carries the people and their dreams.”
Artist Motoko Katsuta Kitano said this was the sentiment behind the Ship of Dreams sculpture,...