No light relief for troubled junction
By CASEY NEILL
STOP signs and a traffic island have not improved a dangerous Dandenong intersection, says a long-time campaigner for lights at Scott and...
Dandy sign “ugly as sin”
By CASEY NEILL
“UGLY as sin” and “the work of bogans” are descriptions levelled at new signage installed in Dandenong’s Harmony Square on Tuesday.
Councillor Peter...
Bizarre bomb scare at railway station
POLICE are seeking an explanation after a bomb scare at Noble Park train station on Sunday.
The bomb squad was called to the station around...
MPs get cross over crossings
By CASEY NEILL
GREATER Dandenong’s worst level crossings are fuelling a war of words between the region’s politicians.
Dandenong MP Gabrielle Williams said “the Liberal-Green coalition”...
Unwanted mail on post jobs
By CASEY NEILL
JOBS at the Dandenong South letter sorting centre hang in the balance, with Australia Post forecasting a $500 million loss.
But the situation...
Pedestrian killed in Dandenong
A PEDESTRIAN was hit and killed by a car in Dandenong on Friday night.
The 64-year-old woman was trying to cross Birdwood Avenue near the...
Saved DNA samples link 1980s crimes
By LACHLAN MOORHEAD
A BREAKTHROUGH in DNA research has led police to link an unsolved rape in Dandenong to a suspicious cold case...
MP faces Parliament grilling
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS
EMBATTLED MP Adem Somyurek has faced his first questions in Parliament a month after the launch of an investigation into...
Epic smiles
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS
The inaugural RASRA awards recently held in Dandenong could be given a national platform, Friends of Refugees chief executive Sri...
IPhone thief pulls up with fake gun
A MAN allegedly carrying a fake gun stole a teenager’s iPhone while they were waiting for a bus in Springvale South.
The man approached the...
Skates on for security
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS
SECURITY around Noble Park’s skate park has been “ramped up” to deter adults and children from test-driving it prior to...
School card buying spree
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS
CHANDLER Park Primary School leaders’ spending of nearly $50,000 on their corporate credit cards in one year lacked “appropriate oversight”,...