News
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Two injured in bus smash
A BUS driver and his passenger have been hospitalised after a crash between a bus and a truck on Stud Road, Dandenong North. An Ambulance…
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Speaking up to stay sharp
By CASEY NEILL SPRING Parks Primary School has become a haven for honing English skills. Each Thursday it hosts about 50 women who are eager…
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Tune in to hearing
SENIORS can get free hearing checks in Dandenong next month. Australian Hearing Dandenong centre manager Jacinta Gerin said Seniors Week from 4 to 11 October…
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Minister tackled over golf plan
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS GREENS MP Nina Springle has raised an objection in State Parliament to Keysborough Golf Club’s plan to convert its green-wedge golf course…
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Make your contribution
NOMINATIONS are now open for next year’s Greater Dandenong Australia Day Awards. The awards recognise the exceptional contribution people in the community make to everyday…
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Drug debt led to break-ins
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS A MAN accused of “prolifically” stealing and breaking into cars in secure underground car parks in Dandenong has been refused bail. Julio…
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Rapt about raptor
By GEORGIA WESTGARTH THE Dandy Pig has a new friend in town. Keeping watch over the city from the balcony of the Civic Centre the…
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Gateway shows the way
By CASEY NEILL GATEWAY Industries employee Mark Hutton endured bullying and verbal abuse at work every day for more than two years. The Dandenong-based non-profit…
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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…