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Drunk slumped over wheel

POLICE allegedly found a serial drink driver slumped over his wheel in a Dandenong carpark with a .219 blood alcohol reading. Greater Dandenong Highway Patrol...

Trams take to CBD tracks

DANDENONG-BUILT trams hit new tracks in Melbourne last week. Bombardier’s E-Class trams started running on Route 11 between West Preston and Docklands, the first time...

Crossings soil to be probed

PRE-DESIGN works have started on Noble Park’s level crossing removal projects. Geotechnical investigations started on the Heatherton, Chandler and Corrigan road crossings last week, along...

Don’t get mad… make a difference

CORNISH College turned MAD last week. It was Make a Difference week and students, parents and staff came together to learn about sustainability. The whole school...

Choir is singing out for new voices

By GEORGIA WESTGARTH HE’S only missed four rehearsals over 51 years. Dandenong resident Jeff Keyaerts has been singing in the Melbourne Male Choir for...

War’s truant teacher

By CASEY NEILL PETER Brown signed up for a part-time commerce course at university to avoid being sent to Vietnam. “I was eligible to...

Council boss to keep job

By CASEY NEILL GREATER Dandenong CEO John Bennie has been given the green light to stay on when his contract ends in October. Councillor...

Store fruit juice assault

A MAN was rushed to hospital after another man poured apple juice on him and assaulted him outside a Dandenong supermarket. The victim and his...

Roadworks to ease up congestion

ROADWORKS on Abbotts Road in Dandenong South are set to cut congestion. Councillors at their 22 June meeting voted to award the $4 million work...

Head-on crash: two hospitalised

TWO women have been taken to Dandenong Hospital after a head-on crash in Keysborough this afternoon. Four CFA trucks responded to the two-car crash around 1.20pm,...

DNA breakthrough link in Dandenong cold case

By LACHLAN MOORHEAD A BREAKTHROUGH in DNA research has led police to link an unsolved rape in Dandenong to a suspicious cold case death in...

165km/h on drugs, police claim

POLICE allege a drug-affected motorcyclist was travelling at 165km/h in a 100 zone in Bangholme last night (Thursday). State Highway Patrol East members detected the...

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ANZAC Day commemoration unbeatable

Despite the gloomy and rainy weather conditions, the community backed up the ANZAC Day commemoration and paid their respects in Dandenong. In what is known...