News
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New division set to pump up firepower
By CASEY NEILL A DANDENONG South manufacturer is branching out to stay in the game. The Ruson Fire Division of Power Industries Australia is adding…
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Iranians crying out for taste of home
By CASEY NEILL A LITTLE Dandenong bakery is bringing people to tears with its bread. Dandy Naan and Kebab in Stud Road opened its doors…
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Jobs waiting for new trams order to arrive
By CASEY NEILL GREATER Dandenong jobs are on the line while Bombardier waits for the State Government to order more trams. The warning came last…
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Sweet and spicy tastes are huge success
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS CHEF Megsingh Yadav is like a veritable ‘kid in a candy shop’ as he surveys his 30-plus array of authentic Indian sweets…
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Threat to prosecute gate vandals
GREATER Dandenong Council is investigating possible vandalism that has forced the removal of a boom gate at its trouble-plagued number eight Balmoral car park. In…
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Call goes out for truck cash
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS MAYOR Sean O’Reilly has endorsed a fund-sourcing campaign for a much-needed second-hand truck for the Dandenong-based Friends of Refugees group. The group…
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Training acts as a guiding light
TOUR guide training for refugees and asylum seekers is part of a new $100,000 project for Greater Dandenong. Multicultural Affairs Minister Robin Scott last Friday…
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Advice on board
ADVICE for small business operators will roll into Dandenong this week. The Small Business Bus will provide free mentoring, support and information about State Government…
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School has room for improvement
FOUR teams of volunteers passed a two-day The Block-style challenge to each re-design and renovate a room at Berry Street School’s Noble Park campus last…
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Spray bus hijack fails
A MAN wielding a spray bottle filled with detergent highjacked a bus in central Dandenong. The 24-year-old boarded the vehicle in Clow Street about 6am…
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Axe raid on home
THIEVES armed with metal bars and an axe stormed a Keysborough home as three people slept. Greater Dandenong CIU Detective Senior Constable Tony Lavars said…
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Turned around by straight talking
‘CAROL’ reckons GRIPP saved her close younger relative from a life of crime. Her relative ‘Jack’ avoided school after being the victim of violent, incessant…