News
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75,000 jobs on the way
UNEMPLOYMENT rates are climbing but there’s good news for young people. South East Local Learning and Employment Network (SELLEN) CEO Andrew Simmons told a Migrant…
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Police dogs move in to end siege
A NINE-hour siege involving a man wanted over outstanding warrants at a Dandenong South house ended when police stormed the house. Police had been outside…
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Unexplained gunshot wound
UPDATE 3.20pm A MAN found with a gunshot wound in his leg in Dandenong this morning has been identified as from Narre Warren South. He…
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The ‘missing’ bypass
By CASEY NEILL THE Dandenong Bypass is missing from online maps and holding back Keysborough South. That’s according to Keysborough South Action Group, which called…
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Dandy siege closes streets
By CASEY NEILL POLICE are negotiating with a wanted man in Dandenong and have closed two streets. A Victoria Police spokeswoman said the 30-year-old was…
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This yoke is no joke
By CASEY NEILL ST MARY’S Primary students put their stamina to the test for a good cause. The Dandenong school raised more than $1800 for…
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Boy hit by car
AN 11-YEAR-OLD is believed to be in a stable condition after he was hit by a car outside a Dandenong North apartment over the weekend.…
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Spirit of remembrance
By CASEY NEILL FOR almost 80 years, Private James ‘Jimmy’ Melbourne has languished in an unmarked grave at Springvale Botanical Cemetery. The World War I…
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Store reaches out to refugees
By CASEY NEILL FORMER refugee John Iramiyan is returning the favour to Australia’s newest arrivals. He was appointed as Coles Noble Park’s store manager in…
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Ken credits course that just works
By CASEY NEILL KEN Weller was made redundant when his employer of more than 17 years recently shut down. “It was like my world ended,”…
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Kids take charge on lessons for change
By CASEY NEILL SILVERTON Primary students took charge of their classrooms to tackle environmental issues. The Noble Park North school hosted its fifth annual Kids…
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Walkers spread the message for missing William
By GEORGIA WESTGARTH SPEAKING of solidarity and the paralysing pain William Tyrrell’s family must be feeling, it was her own nine-month-old daughter that pushed Noble…