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Art from the heart
By CASEY NEILL A NOBLE Park art project has built skills, confidence and teamwork – and a flower-themed mosaic mural. Artist Amanda Forster guided about…
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From eyesore to park?
By CASEY NEILL AN abandoned school site in Noble Park is attracting vandals. City of Greater Dandenong Councillor Peter Brown called for the former Noble…
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Dandenong up in lights
DANDENONG will next month host an Australian-first light and lantern celebration. The Chinese Cultural Works Light Spectacular is coming to the country for the first…
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Teens on right track
By CASEY NEILL DANDENONG rail giant Bombardier has given teens a taste of making trains and trams. The manufacturer last week partnered with Rail Skills…
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The member next door
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS WHAT are the chances: a former Dandenong-based MP living next door to a Dandenong-based journalist? Dr Ron Wells represented Eumemmerring Province in…
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Ride to beat depression
By CASEY NEILL DEPRESSION has brought two brothers together for the first time in nine years for a motorcycle journey to the heart of Australia.…
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Niria’s carving out a new career
By CASEY NEILL NIRIA Blockley didn’t think she was smart enough to tackle a business course. But she has not only completed a Diploma of…
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Passing of a Dandenong treasure
By CASEY NEILL DANDENONG treasure and former mayoress Gwen Jarvis has died just weeks shy of her 93rd birthday. Alongside her late husband and three-time…
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New truck on the way
By CASEY NEILL A $100,000 grant for a new truck will help Greater Dandenong SES to help the community. The unit will combine $80,000 in…
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Plan for school zone
By CASEY NEILL A NEW school zone is on the cards for Keysborough. Greater Dandenong Councillor Roz Blades said students from Maralinga Primary School –…
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Strength and skills in the balance
EMERSON students have tumbled and juggled their way to co-ordination, strength and confidence. Circus Oz visited the Dandenong school’s middle school campus and Dandenong West…
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First in best dressed for combat protection
By CASEY NEILL A PARTNERSHIP spanning Berwick, Dandenong South and the US is helping to keep Australian soldiers safe. Defence Minister Kevin Andrews and La…