St John’s is the first choice
ST JOHN’S Regional College has been the first choice for Catholic secondary schooling in Dandenong for over 50 years.
With over 100 nationalities represented in...
$43m for cemeteries
By CASEY NEILL
CEMETERIES in Springvale and Bangholme will share more than $43 million from the State Budget announced last week.
Southern Metropolitan Cemeteries Trust (SMCT)...
Hope for the future
By CASEY NEILL
GREATER Dandenong wasn’t a big winner in last week’s State Budget, but the future is looking bright.
The municipality’s CEO John Bennie said...
$305m for students
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS
A SUPPORT program for students with disabilities has been boosted by $305 million over the next four years but may not stop...
Square needs a name
GREATER Dandenong’s new public square needs a name.
The space at the new civic centre on the corner of Lonsdale and Walker streets, Dandenong, is...
Thrift helps make big change
By CASEY NEILL
A NEW Doveton thrift shop will deliver bargains and help for those in need.
Dandenong Salvation Army opened the store last Friday 2...
Ice age ambos
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS
AMBULANCES are being called out at least once a week to treat people using crystal methamphetamine, otherwise known as ‘ice’.
A Turning Point...
Dannielle’s message to feel good
By YEAR 8 STUDENTS LAURA SMITH AND CHLOE LAU
AT the age of just two, Dannielle Miller suffered third degree burns on her right arm...
Business breakfast looks like lunch
By CASEY NEILL
RYE Crust Bakery owner Andrew Lipiszko joked that last week’s Greater Dandenong Chamber of Commerce breakfast was actually his lunch.
He’d already completed...
Correct freight, mate
FREIGHT links projects will deliver a boost to business in the south east, Ports Minister David Hodgett said last week.
The 2014-’15 State Budget included...
James and the big chill
By LACHLAN MOORHEAD
AT THE height of his three-year ice addiction, James wouldn’t sleep for four days straight and hallucinated that snakes were eating him...
Fly by night drop in
By MELISSA MEEHAN
POLICE hope to interview a Dandenong man in relation to a car crash in Belgrave on Thursday night.
Belgrave Sergeant Craig West...
Latest
Smokey conditions as burns ramp up
Residents should expect lingering smoke from planned burns this weekend and into next week as wind conditions will likely prevent smoke from dispersing, CFA...
