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Wild blue yonder
By CASEY NEILL CRUSHER by name, crusher by nature – a Dandenong boat business is motoring towards success. Federal Small Business Minister Bruce Billson on…
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Name behind the hotel
By CASEY NEILL DEIRDRE Hancock’s grandmother opened the Albion Hotel in Dandenong almost 125 years ago. Today it stands as one of few 19th century…
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Mental health patient suicide avoidable
A CORONER has found the death of a Dandenong man – who took his own life after leaving a psychiatric ward without supervision – could…
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New mark for migrant Enterprise Trail
By CASEY NEILL CENTRELINK in Springvale has played an important role in many migrant journeys. City of Greater Dandenong mayor Sean O’Reilly on Wednesday 26…
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New sports park will have tourism pull
By CASEY NEILL MELBOURNE Cable Park creator Ian Clark has shown off the Bangholme project to Nationals Leader Peter Walsh. The Journal earlier this month…
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Street smarts a winner
BOLLARDS that block Herbert Street access during school hours have won Greater Dandenong Council an award. It installed the retractable devices near the Ann Street…
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A feather in their caps
By CASEY NEILL CHOOKS are again ruling the roost at Noble Park Primary. In March, the Journal reported that the school needed help to build…
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Shisha lounges survive new smoking ban
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS SHISHA lounges will continue to operate “unregulated” despite the State Government announcing this week a widening of its tobacco smoking bans to…
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Police seek witness to violent sex attack
By CASEY NEILL POLICE are pleading for a teen named Jordan to help them find a violent sexual predator. Detective Senior Sergeant Jason Walsh said…
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Man wanted over sex assault
WITNESSES to a Dandenong sexual assault are urged to come forward. Sexual Crime Squad detectives have made an appeal for public assistance and released CCTV…
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Lost homestead a link to city’s rural past
By CASEY NEILL DANDENONG North’s Ferring homestead will be “sadly missed” following a deliberately-lit fire. Councillor John Kelly at the 24 August Greater Dandenong Council…
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Hold-up ‘victim’ arrested
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS A COURT dodger’s past caught up with him after he made a false report of an armed robbery to Dandenong police. Paul…