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Cherry merry Christmas
KEYSBOROUGH shoppers love their cherries. Coles supermarket figures from last summer placed its Keysborough store in the top 10 for cherry sales, with shoppers consuming…
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Hi-tech breast cancer screening
DANDENONG is now home to more accurate breast cancer screening. The David Street MIA clinic has introduced 3D mammography, which reduces false-positive findings and the…
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Second innings for primary?
By CASEY NEILL MARALINGA Primary will reopen if Greater Dandenong Council gets its way. The school closed at the end of 2014, and all pupils…
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7-Eleven raided at knife point
MEN armed with a hammer, crow bar and knife have robbed a Keysborough 7-Eleven. Greater Dandenong CIU Detective Sergeant Luke Kirton said the incident occurred…
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Disco cash for homework
REFUGEE and migrant students can get a hand with their homework, thanks to a $3000 donation. Southern Migrant and Refugee Centre (SMRC) business development manager…
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Pre-dawn highway robbery
TWO men armed with a cricket bat have robbed a man in Dandenong. Greater Dandenong CIU Detective Sergeant Luke Kirton said the 24-year-old victim was…
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Parking cash drilled out
THIEVES have stolen more than $550 in coins from central Dandenong parking meters. Greater Dandenong CIU Detective Sergeant Luke Kirton said they drilled out the…
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Volunteers doing their rounds
By CASEY NEILL VOLUNTEERING has always come naturally to Frank Silvera. The 92-year-old from Dandenong North had been visiting Kathleen Brown at aged care centre…
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Gold as Claudia finds her calling
By CASEY NEILL CLAUDIA Morando-Stokoe found her calling through the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award. The Dandenong North 18-year-old was among 75 young Victorians awarded the…
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Christmas dumpers do the dirty
DANDENONG roads are among the worst hit by festive season dumpers. VicRoads is urging people to do the right thing over the Christmas holiday period…
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Carols usher togetherness spirit
HARAMBEE Choir will sing Christmas carols in Cafe Vita at Springvale Botanical Cemetery. The performance from 1pm to 4pm on Sunday 20 December will also…
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Door opens
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS FROM the start, this scenario had failure written all over it. A woman with a serious mental illness and a passion for…