Soccer Hub a big boost
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS
DANDENONG Showgrounds has been identified as one of the possible sites for a $10 million-plus ‘Soccer Hub’.
Mayor Jim Memeti said a hub...
Goodbye to school
By DANIELLE GALVIN
OVER 36 years at the Resurrection School in Keysborough, Kathy Young has worked with four principals and seen countless students graduate and...
Black days for sheep
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS
EMBATTLED Springvale sheep owner Vu Ho has new cause to worry for his pet Baa’s worsening health.
Last Monday, Mr Ho discovered a...
Pylon the pressure
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS
SHOCKED residents are fighting against high-voltage overhead powerlines being installed without warning outside their homes on Cheltenham Road, Keysborough.
Eugene Domanski says his...
Help for refugees
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS
GREATER Dandenong is recruiting Victorian councils to join them in a fight for more federal funding for support services for asylum seekers...
Balkans flood relief
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS
A KEYSBOROUGH church’s parishioners have pitched in more than $230,000 to help victims of devastating floods in the Balkans.
Father Chedomir Videkanic, of...
Sweet treat
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS
COILED like an iridescent orange pretzel, the jalebi is Punjab Sweets’ most popular dish.
Owner Nasir Chaudhry has been dishing up traditional north...
Afghans negotiate health maze
By CASEY NEILL
VOLUNTEERS are helping Afghan refugees to unravel Australia’s complicated health system.
The South Eastern Melbourne Medicare Local (SEMML) Afghan Community Team received an...
Drugs are rampant
By CASEY NEILL
GREATER Dandenong has experienced the largest increase in drug offences in the state, latest Victoria Police figures show.
There were 1152 drug offences...
Right call for jobs
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS
DON’T answer your phone in a job interview – better still, leave it outside.
It’s simple advice but not so easy for the...
Thunder denial
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS
DANDENONG Thunder will plead not guilty to misconduct charges leveled against club associates after the alleged abuse of a young female referee...
Girl disturbs burglar
AN EIGHT-YEAR-OLD girl woke to find a burglar in the lounge room of her Noble Park home.
Police said a man entered the Vallota Crescent...