News
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Curtains for club icon
By CASEY NEILL DANDENONG Croquet Club will play its final match on Tuesday 28 April. Member of 10 years Joy Kent said it had been…
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Man’s indecency charge
By GEORGIA WESTGARTH A 51-YEAR-OLD Dandenong man was arrested on Thursday 23 April and has been charged following an alleged indecent act around children on…
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Crosses tell tragic tale
By NARELLE COULTER THE 53 former Dandenong Primary School students who served in World War I were remembered when the school’s recently restored honour…
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Women’s work for battle’s wounded
NURSES were often the unsung heroes of the Gallipoli campaign. Behind the front lines they patched up wounded soliders and comforted men who were…
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Radical centre closes
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS THE closure of Al-Furqan Islamic Centre in Springvale South will reduce the risk of young men and teenagers being radicalised but “we…
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Red poppies to remember
GIANT red poppies adorn the lawn at Dandenong Civic Square as a symbol of peace and hope. People from the Greater Dandenong community created…
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Wrong bus girl’s route back home
By CASEY NEILL A FRANTIC mum went to the Dandenong Police Station counter on 15 April living every parent’s worst nightmare – her daughter was…
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Women torn by war’s pull
By CASEY NEILL JACQUELINE Dinan knows more than most about the impact of war on the women left behind. The author this month visited…
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Young vet’s convoy north
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS SELF-DESCRIBED “young veteran” Lance-Corporal Scott May’s thoughts went beyond Gallipoli on Anzac Day. The Pakenham physiotherapist spent much of the day…
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Hub goes on as school wait continues
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS GREATER Dandenong Council is pressing ahead with plans for building a Keysborough South community hub as it waits for the State Government…
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Going potty
By GEORGIA WESTGARTH IN THE clear, Springvale South resident and Australia’s Biggest Morning Tea organiser, Chris Kendell was notified of the good news in February…
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Charges follow home drugs raid
POLICE have charged six people and seized drugs and cash following a raid on a Noble Park home. They executed a search warrant in Cumberland…