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Boost for refugee health
By Casey Neill Dandenong health professionals are teaming up with Afghan community leaders to tackle health issues. Enliven Victoria, in Robinson Street, received $40,000 from…
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War veteran lends name for Hutton Road
What’s In a Name delves into the fascinating stories and personalities behind some of the city’s best-known street names. This week the Journal looks at…
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Missing teen’s welfare at stake
Police are appealing for public help to find missing 14-year-old girl Sha’arn Winslett. She was last seen in Frankston on Thursday 8 September, and is…
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Peg legs and pirates
About 70 people donned their best eye patches, peg legs and parrots for a Keysborough event with ‘arr’. The Somerfield estate’s one-acre pirate playground hosted…
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Gifts bring smiles across the miles
By Casey Neill Dandenong Letters Centre spread smiles to street kids in Africa through 40 kilograms of stickers, pens and 3D glasses. In March, the…
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Fire unearths cannabis cultivation
By Casey Neill A fire in a Noble Park house uncovered a hydroponic cannabis set-up. Divisional Response Unit Senior Constable Blake Gilbert said the CFA…
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All but one councillor in fray
UPDATE: Four additional candidates nominated just in time to make it onto the ballot papers. There are now 13 candidates in Silverleaf Ward, with Suresh…
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Five dozen theft and burglary charges
By Casey Neill A Dandenong man facing 65 theft and burglary charges is out on bail. Greater Dandenong CIU members executed two search warrants on…
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Armed cash robbery at shop
A thief made off with $200 after threatening two Dandenong workers with a pair of scissors. Police said the man entered a Lonsdale Street business…
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Lunar fun, food, song and dance
More than 25,000 people dined, danced and delighted in Chinese culture at this year’s Full Moon Festival at Dandenong Market. The Sunday 18 September event…
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Futile armed cash register grab
A would-be thief armed with a socket wrench failed in his bid to remove a cash register from a Dandenong store. He entered the David…
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Man faces one count of murder
A body found in Upper Ferntree Gully has been identified as that of a 39-year-old Noble Park man. Homicide Squad detectives charged a 56-year-old Vermont…
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