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Asbestos concerns in gutted house
By CASEY NEILL FIREFIGHTERS are using ladder equipment to get a bird’s eye view of a Springvale home gutted by fire this afternoon. A CFA…
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Hand Brake mechanical training to turn troubled lives full circle
By CASEY NEILL HAND Brake Turn is aiming to change even more lives through training. The Dandenong automotive centre has opened applications to anyone aged…
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Village principle to raise school children
NOBLE Park Primary School supports a diverse community which is typically representative of the City of Greater Dandenong. Nearly 90 per cent of our students…
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All together for service
By CASEY NEILL THE new Ermha headquarters is more than an office space – it’s a community. And the Dandenong South space is increasing staff…
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Time machine is backdrop to the future
AFTER two months of sewing, painting, building and line learning the students of Silverton Primary School are fast approaching their opening night. This year the…
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Families lose their way as they try to get help from support quagmire
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS FAMILIES and patients are being lost in a “quagmire” of drug support services, a forum on ice was told last Wednesday. Professor…
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Snow stopper
By CASEY NEILL MORE than 30,000 people flocked to Springvale Snow Fest – almost 10,000 above predicted numbers. But there’s room for improvement, Mayor Sean…
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Heart’s in land of hope
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS PHOTOJOURNALIST Barat Ali Batoor, who has chronicled hot-spots in Afghanistan and Pakistan, was surprised by what he found in, of all places,…
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Warning over fake job ads
By CASEY NEILL FAKE job ads and dodgy doorknockers are swindling up to $30,000 each from south-east students. Some have racked up the debt without…
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Council sets up charity
A NEW council charitable fund will help Greater Dandenong groups support the municipality’s most needy. At their 27 July meeting councillors voted to establish the…
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Boy, 15, charged over damage to 20 cars
POLICE have arrested and charged a 15-year-old Keysborough boy after more than 20 parked cars in Cheltenham sustained damage on Monday. They allege the vandalism…
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Abduction attempt
By CASEY NEILL POLICE are hunting a man who tried to grab a teenage girl on a morning walk through Dandenong. Detectives said the 14-year-old…
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