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Library comes to life
CAKE, balloons, storytelling and magic marked Dandenong Library’s first birthday on Saturday 21 March. The library was a hive of activity as bookworms young and…
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Service welcomes legal funding backflip
COMMUNITY legal centres in Greater Dandenong are celebrating a stunning reversal of hefty funding cuts by the Federal Government last Thursday. Springvale-Monash Legal Service and…
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Disabled letter scam handicapped by poor abilities
By ANEEKA SIMONIS A POORLY scripted scam targeting disabled drivers did not fool a Berwick woman who found a letter in her mailbox earlier this…
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Charges after break-ins
POLICE have charged a Noble Park man over a series of commercial burglaries in Greater Dandenong in recent months. They allege Dylan Cragg, 34, stole…
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Plan gets bad prognosis
A PROPOSED Noble Park medical centre has been rejected by Greater Dandenong Council due to parking shortage concerns. Plans for the centre, which propose five…
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Burglar sent fleeing
AN ELDERLY woman scared off a burglar while he was ransacking her Keysborough home. Greater Dandenong CIU Detective Senior Constable Mark Higgins said a man…
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Vital park’s future open to doubt
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS CENTRAL Dandenong’s social soccer hub Pop-Up Park has an uncertain future despite its heady popularity with young people. The park’s artificial soccer…
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Fund raiser’s top day
By CASEY NEILL A HAIR-RAISING Dandenong event raised more than $3000 for the Leukaemia Foundation. Colin Gibbons shed his locks for the World’s Greatest Shave…
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Victims turned away
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS FAMILY violence victims and other vulnerable clients are being turned away from budget-savaged community legal centres in Greater Dandenong. Springvale-Monash Legal Service…
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World’s blaze of colours
STRIKING colourful costumes from across the globe flooded the Dandenong Civic Square last week. Springvale Neighbourhood House and City of Greater Dandenong held an international…
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Shape up to bullying
By CASEY NEILL NOBLE Park students took a stand against bullying and violence last week in the shape of Australia. They stood side by side…
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Russian dumplings From Granny’s with love
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS IT DIDN’T take long for restaurants to start pleading for a certain Russian “granny’s” home-made dumplings. Soon after moving from north-east Russia…
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