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Thieves’ swift helicopter getaway

MORE than $34,000 worth of racing car simulators, TVs and remote control helicopters was stolen from two Dandenong South factories last month. Offenders broke into...

Dark waters of the city’s hidden demons

Jack Johnson is the author of When The Clock Strikes, a fascinating account of growing up in Dandenong, his years tending to the city’s...

Scan kits to fight

DANDENONG Rotarians will do their bit to beat bowel cancer throughout May. Trevor Harding lost his 38-year-old niece Debbie Greer to the disease about 15...

Big screen adverts get a break

COMMERCIAL advertising is set to hit Dandenong Civic Square’s big screen. Greater Dandenong councillors approved a report on Monday last week for the big screen...

Jobs on the curriculum

A NEW employment-focused school has opened its doors in Dandenong. Private vocational educator Evocca College will offer business, community services, counselling and events courses from...

School to make upgrade available to other students

By GEORGIA WESTGARTH ONE of Melbourne’s largest co-educational government schools, with more than 300 students in each year, has undergone a major arts...

Midnight bin blaze

A COUNCIL bin was set on fire outside an elderly woman’s house in Dandenong last month. The woman spotted the flames from her front window...

Building’s blue move

A PROMINENT blue building in central Dandenong might not be blue much longer. CW Cakes has moved from the 224 Lonsdale Street site to another...

Police take a swipe at negligent car owners

OPPORTUNISTIC thieves are swiping car keys and then making off with the owner’s car at alarming rates according to police. Police have responded to a...

Journal drop off

BUSINESSES in Dandenong South will now find it easier to get their Journal. Bulk drops into the industrial zone started on Monday 4 May. Copies of...

Budget secures train jobs

By CASEY NEILL DANDENONG’S Bombardier will receive an order for 21 new train carriages from the State Government in next week’s budget, securing 64 jobs. Dandenong...

Ute owner’s grisly find

By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS and LACHLAN MOORHEAD UPDATE 1.45pm THE owner of a severed finger found in a Hallam ute has come forward to police. The man aged in his...

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YPARC upgrade’s first stage complete

Works on the second stage of an upgraded Youth Prevention and Recovery Care centre in Dandenong have started. Mental Health Minister Ingrid Stitt announced...