News
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Help spot Vicki
By CASEY NEILL A LIFE-SAVING, epileptic dalmatian is missing from her Springvale South home. Kath Cushen said her husband took nine-year-old Victoria – known as…
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Banging their own Drum
By GEORGIA WESTGARTH KEEPING the Drum Theatre full of exciting, local and internationally acclaimed performances is not as hard as one might think. Director of…
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Saintly touch to linen service
By CASEY NEILL THE patron saint of immigrants inspires and shapes Dandenong South’s Cabrini Linen Service (CLS). The commercial laundry’s efforts to support the community…
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Look at us now
By GEORGIA WESTGARTH ALMOST shut down for good in 2011, Cornish College has been looking forward to this day for more than three years. Taking…
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Dandy gift of housing
By CASEY NEILL AT LEAST 20 vulnerable over-55s will soon move into affordable co-operative housing in Dandenong. Common Equity Housing (CEHL) will receive $2.7 million…
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Desperately seeking Chae
By LACHLAN MOORHEAD A 14-YEAR-OLD boy known to frequent Dandenong has been missing for more than a week. Police are concerned for the well-being of…
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Shed’s building more than mateship
By CASEY NEILL AN Australian-first facility helping men to find their place has reached another milestone. Springvale Multicultural Men’s Shed held its first annual general…
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In need of a refresher
A DANDENONG man who robbed a Springvale liquor store returned to the same bottle-o just hours later where police were ready to pounce. Police said…
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Guns used in carjacking
A MAN had his car stolen at gun point in a frightening carjacking outside his Keysborough home. The driver pulled into his Bloomfield Road driveway…
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Plenty to say
By CASEY NEILL KATE Weiss has made the journey from surviving to thriving and is sharing her secrets in Springvale. The Table of Plenty founder…
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Painting the bigger picture
By CASEY NEILL GREATER Dandenong needs to lock in and share a strong vision for the years ahead, according to Mayor Sean O’Reilly. Cr O’Reilly…
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Susan takes the reins
By CASEY NEILL FATHER and daughter Alan and Susan Collier made history at the Rotary Club of Dandenong’s changeover lunch. As new assistant governor, Alan…